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 nron 1111 naV2 lanDn 11113 1aU362 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 17.1.11D11 71113 T11V2 1111D11 11113 ;Ian 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 147