We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
SYLVIA, DAVE AND SUSIE SCHANE
economic burden. Learned
\_ rabbis (including the late
• Rabbi Abraham Kook) agreed
to a heter (special dispensa-
tion) to sell the land to non-
• Jews during the sabbatical,
• to permit the land to be
worked. Other methods have
also been devised: an early
-sowing of vegetables before
the New Year (relying on the
view of Rabbi Shimeon from
Sens) and the growing of
crops by hydroponics or soil-
less systems as is practiced at
the Poalei Agudat Yisrael
kibbutzim. They are helped
with government subsidies
and fund-raising, but the full
Other methods for
observing Shmitta
have been
devised, including
growing crops by
hydroponics.
biblical
observance .
of
Shmitta is impossible for the
public as a whole.
How does Shmitta affect
the religious community in
Israel? Throughout the year,
lists of shops appear in news-
papers from whom it is per-
missible to buy fruit and veg-
etables. For many ultra-
Orthodox Jews who do not
accept the heter of selling the
land, there are certain shops
that market only Arab or
ported produce, and the Arab
markets in East Jerusalem,
Jericho and Bethlehem are
thronged throughout the
Shmitta year by those Jews
who will only buy produce
not grown on Jewish soil.
We don't always under-
stand the reasons for the
commandments, but Shmitta
teaches us that the earth be-
longs to God. It also gives
man freedom just to study
Torah, for he is not preoccu-
pied with working the land.
In the words of Rabbi Kook,
"We today are charged with
preserving the memory of the
commandment until the time
is ripe for it to be carried out
with all its minutiae."
World Zionist Press Service
Locust Plague
Hits Ethiopia
Costa Mesa, Calif. — The
locust plague currently affect-
ing parts of Africa is hitting
the Jews of Ethiopia's Gondar
Province, according to the
American Association for
Ethiopian Jews.
Newly
rain-drenched
ground in Ethiopia and
Sudan have become breeding
grounds for four species of lo-
cust and one species of
grasshopper.
A single locust swarm can
eat more than 80,000 metric
tong of t:ereal crops h day;
We wish our family and friends a
very health}, happy and prosperous
New lean
DAVID & DOLORES SCHWARTZ, SAM, ILENE, HILARY, LIZ & AUNT FLORENCE
2345 BRYDEN ROAD
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43209
L'Shana Tova
Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.
DIANE, TONY,- MICHAEL & DAVID SCHWARTZ
L'Shana Tova
Wishing. all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.
SHERYL POMERANCE & CHUCK SEIGERMAN
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.
DR. & MRS. BERNARD TOFT,
MIKE, KEN AND ALYSSA
MAX AND ROSE TOLIN
AND FAMILY
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
SIDNEY AND SHIRLEY RIGER AND FAMILY
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
LOU AND FRANCINE ROSBERG
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
WILLIAM & GAIL ROSSEN
We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.
BRUCE, STEPHANIE AND NICHOLE RUDOLPH
L'Shana Tova
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
MR. & MRS. LESTER ROSENBERG
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT RICHMAN,
JUDY AND AUDREY
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
MR. & MRS.
SZMUL JUTKIEWICZ & FAMILY
DORA, DAVID, STEVEN, JANE,
ELIZABETH AND SHANI KANER
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to all
our friends
and relatives.
to all
our friends
and relatives.
BENDET & ESTHER
LEWKOWICZ
NATHAN & SONIA NOTHMAN
JACOB AND HELEN REISMAN AND FAMILY
May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all my
friends and family.
ARLENE WEITZMAN
To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.
MAX & RUTH SOSIN
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