In The Media

The Yeshiva World: HaGaon Rabbi Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi – “The Great Importance of Agudas Shmita is That it Introduces an Atmosphere of Shmiras Shviis”
(Wednesday, September 10th, 2014) The chairmen of The Shmita Association enjoyed an in-depth question and answer session in HaGaon HaGadol Rabbi Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi shlita’s home,

The Yeshiva World: HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky: “It is Praiseworthy To Buy [a plot of] Privately Owned Land [in Eretz Yisroel] in Order to Fulfill the Mitzva of Shmita
This unique proclamation was made while the chairmen of The Shmita Association were enjoying a visit in Maran Sar HaTorah HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky shlita’s home study.

Jewish Tribune: Shmitta plan for Diaspora unveiled
Judith Weil: Israeli townsfolk and jews living in the Diaspora will now be able to observe Shmitta. An organization named Shomrei Shviis (aka The Shmita

Mishpacha: SHMITTAH IS FOR EVERYONE
The night of Shavuos, 5767: A kollel student and a businessman sit and study the laws of shmittah in the Sadigura synagogue in Bnei Brak.

5 Towns Jewish Times: Shomrei Shvi’it Launches Program To Facilitate Sabbatical Year Laws
Shomrei Shvi’it, a Jerusalem-based group dedicated to reinvigorating the observance of Jewish agricultural laws, has launched a new program that will give many Jews the

Washington Jewish Week: Your chance to observe shmitta
Rosh Hashanah this year will bring shmitta, a sabbatical year during which, according to Torah, agricultural land is to lie fallow. So what, you say,

Arutz Sheva: Diaspora Jews Can Participate in Mitzva of ‘Shmitah’
A novel program enables Jews outside of Israel to observe the coming Sabbatical year (Shmitah), which is one of the mitzvahs that cannot be performed