Meanings
nounshmita (plural shmitas)
plural shmitas · alternative shemittah · alternative shmitah · alternative shmittah
- JudaismA sabbatical year.
The Va·ad recommends that kibbutzim observe some of the sh'mittah laws by letting one field lie fallow as the sh'mittah field, and that they give a percentage of their income to the poor, because that was the original purpose of the law.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 739
Origin
- Hebrewשְׁמִיטָה
- Englishshmita
From Hebrew שְׁמִיטָה.
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