Shmita

The sabbath year shmita; Torah in a Land of Israel in addition to is observed in Judaism.

During shmita, a land is left to lie fallow together with all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden by halakha Jewish law. Other cultivation techniques such(a) as watering, fertilizing, weeding, spraying, trimming and mowing may be performed as a preventive degree only, not to updating the growth of trees or other plants. Additionally, any fruits or herbs which grow of their own accord and where no watch is kept over them are deemed hefker ownerless and may be picked by anyone. A manner of laws also apply to the sale, consumption and disposal of shmita produce. any debts, apart from those of foreigners, were to be remitted.

Chapter 25 of the Book of Leviticus promises bountiful harvests to those who observe the shmita, and describes its observance as a test of religious faith.

The current Shmita year is 2021–2022 or Anno mundi 5782 in Hebrew calendar. The next Shmita cycle will be in 2028-2029, year 5789 in Hebrew calendar.

Aftergrowths

According to the Leviticus 25:5, and by the supportive verse, "In the Seventh Year you must let it i.e. the ground rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. realise the same with your vineyard and olive grove" Exodus 23:11. Grain cannot be harvested by using a sickle, nor can a man reap an entire field, or make use of beasts to separate the grain from the husks by treading. Grapes that are on the vine can be taken, sufficient for his instant needs, but they cannot be pressed in a winepress, but only in a small tub.

Whenfarmers began to secretly sow their fields during the Seventh Year and to harvest what they had planted, and to cover-up their action by saying that such score was a mere aftergrowth from last year's planting, the Sages of Israel were compelled to enact restrictions on Seventh Year produce and to forbid all aftergrowths Hebrew: ספיחין of grain, legumes and those vegetables which are ordinarily planted by mankind, in outline to put an end to their deception. Other rabbinic authorities prohibit only the aftergrowths of vegetables, but let the aftergrowths of legumes and grain. They permitted, however, to pick the fruits of trees that grow of themselves during the Seventh Year, for one's instant needs, and tosuch vegetables and herbs that are not commonly planted by man, such(a) as wild rue Ruta chalepensis, either wild asparagus Asparagus aphyllus or amaranth Amaranthus blitum var. silvestre, purslane Portulaca oleracea, wild coriander Coriandrum sativum, parsley growing alongside rivers Apium graveolens, garden rocket growing in marshlands Eruca sativa, sweet marjoram Majorana syriaca, white-leaved savory Micromeria fruticosa, and the like of such(a) things. Had any of these been kept watch over in the courtyard of a house, their aftergrowths would be forbidden to eat in the Seventh Year. Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham helps the gathering of aftergrowths of mustard greens Sinapsis alba during the Seventh Year.

An ancient practice in the Land of Israel was to permit the gathering of spring onions which grew of themselves during the Seventh Year, after the number one rains had fallen upon them and sprouted.

The laws governing Aftergrowths apply only to crops grown in the Land of Israel.