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The Sh’mitah (Sabbatical) Year… What’s The Point?

March 13, 2014

“What’s the point of Judaism?” How many of us have asked this question? Turns out, Jews have been asking them for a long time. Join Rabbi Knopf as he and his students study and discuss “Sefer Ha-Hinukh / The Book of Education.” Written anonymously in the mid-13th century, this radical book offers rationales for every commandment in the Torah.


This week: why does the Torah commands us to let the land rest and forgive our loans every seventh year? What’s the point of Sh’mitah?