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farming brethren in the Holy Land and apply them to our own lives. We can live with a faith so real that we are prepared to lose the Jewish farmer relaxes, conan entire year’s revenue without n the Land of Israel now, compunction. And we can use there is a feeling of purpose- fident that his field (and his bottom line) will be OK without every free minute to serve God, ful and reverent determihis efforts. Why? Because God recognizing that every moment nation. From the Galil to the assures us that there is nothing is a gift that we dare not squanNegev, farmers are preparing to to worry about. He will send der. observe shemitah, the Biblical enough blessings in the years Our dear mentor and teacher, command outlined preceding shemitah to tide us the Rebbe, of righteous memory, in this week’s Torah over until we can again enjoy pointed out an anomaly in the portion not to work the bounty from our farms. text in which we are introduced the field in the seventh So, we know that the farm- to shemitah: “The earth shall year. rest a Sabbath unto God. Six ers don’t work the land in It’s not for nothing years shalt thou plant thy field.” that farming is referred Rabbi Kasriel the seventh year. But what Shemtov Now, the six years take place do they do? Our sages tell to as husbandry, as before the seventh year of rest, us that this year and the free tending to the land is a so why does the Torah mention consummate, lifelong Parshat Reeh: time it affords are to be alloDeuteronomy L A K Ethe S A N D B L O O M F I E L D S P E C I A Lafterward? I S T S The answer, them cated toward Torah learnmission, paralleling 11:26-16:17; I the Rebbe explains, ing and increased spiritual wayM weA continuously X B R O O CSamuel K BLOOMFIELD HILLS #1 AG E N TisSthat in essence shemitah comes first, involvement. We can each work on our relation20:18-42. and it influences and uplifts all take the lessons of shemiships at home. the six years that come before tah and the example of our Every seventh year,
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it. From year one, the farmer is preparing for shemitah, excited to be able to rely on God and His kindness for an entire year. Thus, the entire cycle is elevated and made holy. We can apply this to our lives as well. There are the shemitah moments like Shabbat (which comes after six days of work), when we attend synagogue or a Torah class, or otherwise connect with our souls. The lesson is to make the mundane spiritual, injecting holiness and godliness unto every aspect of our lives. Consider packing Shabbat essentials to celebrate wherever you may be when the sun sets on Friday. Or start each morning with a moment of gratitude, Modeh Ani. Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov is spiritual director of The Shul in West Bloomfield.
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