Shemittah One economic stabilizer that Yahweh put in place for Ancient Israel was a of the overall recurring “reset” economy. We understand the importance of the weekly Sabbath; 6 days work, followed by the Sabbath rest. There are others Sabbaths. One is the Shemittah (meaning also called the sabbatical year; the final year “to release”); of the 7-year agricultural cycle for the Land of Israel. The latest calculated Shemittah lunar year has recent concluded; September 25, 2014 through September 13, 2015. One aspect of the Shemittah year was to allow the land to rest; a Sabbath for the land. Exodus 23:10-11 10 Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove. Similar instructions are in Leviticus 25:1-5. Those instructions also say agricultural no “no activities”… sowing, no fertilizing, no reaping, no at least, pruning… not for you! The poor, however, may make use of anything they find during that year. So, what does the the olive the grape farmer… harvester… do for food? Leviticus 25:6-7, 20-22: producer…
Shemittah One economic stabilizer that Yahweh put in place for Ancient Israel was a recurring “reset” of the overall economy. We understand the importance of the weekly Sabbath; 6 days work, followed by the Sabbath rest. There are others Sabbaths. One is the Shemittah (meaning “to release”); also called the sabbatical year; the final year of the 7-year agricultural cycle for the Land of Israel. The latest calculated Shemittah lunar year has recent concluded; September 25, 2014 through September 13, 2015. One aspect of the Shemittah year was to allow the land to rest; a Sabbath for the land. Exodus 23:10-11 10 Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove. Similar instructions are in Leviticus 25:1-5. Those instructions also say “no agricultural activities”… no sowing, no fertilizing, no reaping, no pruning… at least, not for you! The poor, however, may make use of anything they find during that year. So, what does the farmer… the olive harvester… the grape producer… do for food? Leviticus 25:6-7, 20-22:
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