Recently, a new buzzword has made its way around economic circles as the end of summer 2015 approaches. Some in the financial world call it “The 7-year cycle” while others call it by its religious ...

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The Sabbatical year is more than just a cessation from agricultural labor. It is called Shemitah, the year of remission, since all outstanding debts are cancelled during this year. (A legal loophole ...

At a time when billionaires around the world are counting their losses from the 'Black Monday' carnage, 'Shemitah', a little know Biblical term is keeping marketmen around the world busy. From US to ...

(JNi.media) Jewish agricultural laws aren’t necessarily something the rest of the world easily becomes fixated on, but lately the word “Shemitah” has been popping up frequently in Google searches.

Parashat Behar, the first of this week’s two parshiot, opens with the Mitzvah of Shemitah:(25:1-5) ‘Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai, saying:Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them: When you ...