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Maranan Verabonon Issue Special Call to Support Shmitta Fund
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In a heartfelt call to Jews all over the world to become partners in the mitzvah of shmitta by contributing generously to the community-wide Keren Hashevi'is, maranan verabonon the gedolei hador note, "Our generation has merited to witness a tremendous increase in the observance of the mitzvah of shmitta. In the past, shmitta was observed by only a few agricultural settlements, while today it is very widely observed."

Unprecedented Fourth Reelection of Hackney Mayor Lobenstein
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In an unprecedented development, councilor Joe Lobenstein MBE was reelected Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney for a fourth consecutive year.

Concern For Zimbabwean Jewry
by Yated Ne'eman South African Correspondent

Concern is mounting for the safety of Zimbabwe's small Jewish community following months of political and racial tension in the country.

The First Bell of Shmitta
by Udi Mor

The National Center of Shmitta Observant Farmers Ltd. is next to the Moshav Kommemiyus shul, in the home of the Center's founder and former rav of Kommemiyus, HaRav Binyomin Mendelsohn zt"l. Coordinators from all parts of the country took part in a meeting held a few weeks ago in the Center.

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