Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Shemittah 

Parsha:

Bechukotai,  Behar 

References: Kiddushin: 20a ,  Kiddushin: 20b ,  Sanhedrin: 39a  

Description

Why does the Torah and Talmud place such emphasis on shemitah, predicting grave personal and national disaster for violating it? The impact of shemitah on personal character (middot); the practical welfare of the land and mystical welfare of the universe; the mutual responsibility of a nation; and the trust (bitachon) in our relationship with Gd.