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Shmita placard in an agricultural field (in the year 5782) The sabbath year (shmita; Hebrew: שמיטה, literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or shǝvi'it (שביעית , literally "seventh"), or "Sabbath of The Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observed in Judaism.
The 1st of Tishri is the new year for years, of the Shmita and Jubilee years, for planting and for vegetables. The 1st of Shevat is the new year for trees—so the school of Shammai, but the school of Hillel say: On the 15th thereof. [22] Two of these dates are especially prominent:
Patil on a 2013 stamp of India. Smita Patil (17 October 1955 – 13 December 1986) [1] [2] [3] was an Indian film and theatre actress. Patil is regarded among the finest and greatest stage and film actresses in the history of Indian cinema. [4]
"Later Amoraim expressed their astonishment at the fact that Hillel dared to abrogate the Mosaic institution of the release of all debts every seventh year." [ 6 ] There is a major debate in the Talmud whether rabbis have the authority to uproot from the Torah [ 7 ] and the issue of prozbul is one of the first examples of this debate being tested.
Shevi'it (Hebrew: שְׁבִיעִית, lit."Seventh") is the fifth tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah, dealing with the laws of leaving the fields of the Land of Israel to lie fallow every seventh year; the laws concerning which produce may, or may not be eaten during the Sabbatical year; and the cancellation of debts and the rabbinical ordinance established to allow a ...
Debt forgiveness is mentioned in the Torah, in which God commanded the Israelites to forgive debts in certain cases at the end of Shmita, the last year of the seven-year agricultural cycle. Hebrew slaves were also set free either at the same time or at the end of the 49-year cycle, depending on interpretation.
On the occasion of 100 years of the Indian cinema, a postage stamp bearing her face was released by India Post to honour her on 3 May 2013. [165] Patil's father, Shivajirao Giridhar Patil started the Smita Patil Charitable Trust in 1996, in her memory. It was started with a mission to provide co-education to the students of the rural areas.
This page is an index to individual articles for years. Years are shown in chronological order. 1st millennium BC. 10th century BC 1000; 999; 998 ...