At the Starting Line: 14% by 2014
By Susan Paykin, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC)
Two years from now, we will celebrate the beginning of the Shmittah year, or sabbatical year. Shmittah marks the seventh year in the ancient agricultural cycle, when we are commanded to “release” (the literal Hebraic translation of shmittah) the Earth from human stress. Our land is to lay fallow and any fruits or vegetables that grow are ownerless, open to anyone who needs or wants to eat them.
In the new millennium, observing Shmittah ...
