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NEWS
Gala Event to Mark Completion of Shmittah Year
By A. Cohen
Maranan verabonon, roshei yeshivos, rabbonim
and dayonim were on hand to mark the end of the Shmittah year
at a gala event held at Lev Atzula halls in Petach Tikva on
Monday. The event was sponsored by the Institute for Research
on Torah-Based Agriculture and Kashrus Lemehadrin's Vaad
HaShmittah, which are under the close guidance of Maran HaRav
Eliashiv shlita. The numerous participants sat down
for a seudas mitzvah with hopes and prayers the next
Shmittah year is a Torah obligation and not just a Rabbinical
injunction.
The event, which was emceed by Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Rabbi
Yitzchok Pindrus, brought together rabbonim, public figures,
kashrus supervisors from every kashrus organization,
wholesalers and farmers from across the country, who united
to thank Hashem Yisborach for the merit of working to enable
Shmittah to be kept properly.
The Institute for Torah Research on Torah-Based Agriculture
screened a film on its oversight of Shmittah, orloh
and terumos uma'aseros.
The main speaker of the evening was HaRav Yosef Efrati,
chairman of the Institute and Kashrus Lemehadrin. Speaking in
the presence of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky shlita, he
discussed of the merit of cleansing Eretz Yisroel of
orloh and shevi'is and elaborated on the many
challenges the Shmittah year entails.
Other speakers included HaRav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi, rosh
yeshiva of Yeshivas Ateres Yisroel, and HaRav Yekutiel
Abuchatzeira, and letters of support from the Admor of Belz,
the Admor of Sadigora and HaRav David Abuchatzeira were read
aloud.
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