The shmita year asks us to release our attachment to the dominance of land, to live in the utter immediacy of the season, to sustain

One test of kindness is doing positive things, even if not asked, or doing more than is asked, something that Rivkah did in abundance, showing

During the Covid epidemic, hospitality has increased. There are many tales of people contacting their neighbours – and even people they didn’t know – in

Shmita is about freedom and justice for people, not just rest and regeneration for the land. One of the spookiest stories in the whole Torah

“Rest is not idle, rather active and creative.  I refuel myself through my meditation practice, The winter rest fuels the earth, plants and animals for

“Our job in this life is, and has always been, to recognize our kinship with the world, to connect with those sparks as partners, and

“Our job in this life is, and has always been, to recognize our kinship with the world, to connect with those sparks as partners, and

In the same vein that Moshe blessed the tribes of Israel in their own ways at the end of his journey and the next step

If we have the courage to open our hearts to the Mussar of Shmita we see that all lives emanate equally from the One. They

“In choosing a way to mark Shmita, inspired by the Hakhel ceremony in this week’s parsha, we will be honoring our heritage and rededicating ourselves

Shmita is not only about the seventh year, shmita is a cycle preceded by 6 other years. It invites us to inventory ourselves, our choices

 With one hand we acquire the eggs or the fledglings (or the crops) but with the other we let the mother go (or leave something