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Rabbi Yaakov Feitman five towns proudly welcomes Bais Yehudah Tzvi Shul representatives Aron Solomon // Yanky Muller Yaakov Gade // Uri Dreifus

Rabbi Yitzchok Frankel shmittah Agudas Yisroel of the Five Towns Shul representative Shlomo Parnes

Rabbi Berish Friedman Kehilas Bais Yisrael Shul representative heroes Heshy Berkowitz Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg Farmers visit our towns > Chofetz Chaim Torah Center Shul representative It takes grit to plant a seed and grow flourishing farmlands Dovid Breier in the desert. But it takes guts to surrender those farms and leave them to wither away. Farmers Baruch Adiri & Avichai Koch will be Rabbi Moshe Yosef Katzenstein Rabbi Yitzchak Knobel visiting Cedarhurst and Woodmere. Let's welcome our heroic Gedolah of the Five Towns brothers from Eretz Yisroel as they face 354 days of Shabbos - Shul representative courageously allowing their farms to languish for a full year, Eytan Feldman in keeping with the daunting mitzvah of Shmittah. Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz Congregation Anshei Chesed Shul representative Dov Hertz

Routes & This Shabbos come meet the Shmittah farmers in person as they visit our shuls. Rabbi Zvi Ralbag Schedule #1 // Baruch Adiri #2 // avichai koch Cong. Bais Ephraim Yitzchok Shul representatives Shabbos Parshas ki seitzei Hosted by Steve & Nechama Landau Hosted by berel & Sherry daskal Berel Daskal // Steve Landau

Friday Evening Kehilas Beis Yisrael Friday Evening Rabbi Shaya Richmond Ahavas Yisrael Cong. Bais Tefilah of Woodmere פרשת כי-תצא both minyanim // 6:35 & 7:25 פרשת כי-תצא Shul representatives shachris: agudah shabbos morning Shabbos morning Yeshiva Gedolah Josh Haft // Marvin Wertentheil of the Five Towns פרשת כי-תצא : Kriyas HaTorah/Mussaf פרשת כי-תצא B.m. of Cedarhurst (Shtiebel) Moshe Berkowitz

shabbos afternoon Chofetz Chaim morning Kiddush Bais Ephraim Yitzchak Rabbi zvi Ralbag // 11:00 Rabbi Dov Silver פרשת כי-תצא Torah Center // 6:30 PM פרשת כי-תצא Kehilas Ahavas Yisrael Shalosh seudos Shalosh seudos Shul representatives Bais Yehudah Tzvi Aish kodesh Dovid Kirschenbaum // Ari Friedman פרשת כי-תצא (Red Shul) פרשת כי-תצא

Rabbi Dovid Spiegel Cong. Bais Medrash of Cedarhurst Shul representatives Farmers Breakfast Uri Schlachter // Shmulie Schechter 10 SHMITTAH 5775 / MAH INYAN SHMITTAH / KEREN HASHVIIS Share in the fruits of their labor as we enjoy a fresh, succulent Rabbi Moshe Weinberger Sunday Morning breakfast with Shmittah farmers from the Holy Land at the home of: Congregation Aish Kodesh September 7 Shul representatives Shmulie & Tzipi Schechter // 287 Linwood Ave // 9:30 Am Yaakov Lipschitz // Tzuriel Ross Sam Gross

State of profiles History Rabbi Naftoli Zvi Weitz shmittah in Courage of Shmittah Ishai Yisrael Shul representatives Nesanel Feit // Moshe Gordon

Rabbi Akiva Willig Beis Medrash of Woodmere Shul representative Eli Sklar Firsthand report from our revered Tales of guts &glory from farmers Watch what it takes to plant a field report activist: Rabbi Shmuel Bloom live Baruch Adiri (L) & Avichai Koch (R) Video and then give it all up for Hashem Rabbi Shmuel Witkin Khal Bnei Hayeshivos Shul representative Keren Hashviis The mission of Keren Hashviis is to act as the champions of Menachem Ruvel 4520 18th Avenue Mitzvas Shmittah. We strive to ensure that shmittah is upheld , NY 11204 by every Jewish landowner in Eretz Yisrael who is a maamin b’Hashem and adheres to His mitzvos. To that end, Keren Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe 888.675.6694 Hashviis serves as a central hub providing farmers with financial Ateres Yaakov [email protected] resources, halachic guidance, and moral support — before, during Shul representative FINDING and after shmittah. the BRACHAwww.kerenhashviis.com Eliezer Allman AN ESSAY BY RABBI SHMUEL BLOOM

hen a secular university student has Don’t we trust Him to keep His word? an opportunity to spend some time Win a yeshiva like Ohr Somayach he This question has been responded to in Hakodosh often asks questions. He wants to know, among many ways. The Meiras Ainoyim (the S’ma) Boruch Hu other things, how it can be determined that the on Choshen Mishpat (67:2) explains that the Torah was truly given by the Almighty and not bracha promised by Hakodosh Boruch Hu is promised that he by a man? only granted when all the Jews are living in Eretz Yisroel and Shmittah is min HaTorah. would take care One of the numerous responses is the mitz- At this time since many Rishonim believe that of them. Surely vah of Shmittah. No human being would have Shmittah is m’darabanan, the special bracha the nerve to instruct an entire country to close of “Ve’tzivisi” does not apply. Rav Binyomin we trust Him to up agricultural production for a year. The people Mendelson zt’l deduces from the words of the would starve. Only a Ribbono Shel Olam can say, S’ma that he doesn’t mean that we don’t have keep His word. If “Keep Shmittah and don’t worry. Ve’tzivisi es a bracha. He just means that the tripling of that is the case, birchosi – I, the One who is in control will send produce in the sixth year doesn’t necessarily My blessing and in the sixth year you will have happen. As many farmers expressed to me, then why are enough food to last for you and your families “Everyone feels the bracha. Some feel it in their there so many and your animals for three years.” bank accounts and others feel it with their health or their children. We have the bracha but advertisements If that is the case, then why are there so it still is difficult to pay for your expenses when many advertisements to support the farmers? you have no income.” to support the Why did the Gedolei Yisroel, starting with Rav farmers? Yehoshua Leib Diskin, the Ridvaz, the Chazon The Chazon Ish (Shviis 18:4) disagrees with Ish and continuing on to the gedolim of our the S’ma. He feels that the bracha of Ve’tzivisi time, endorse so strongly the campaign to raise applies even b’zman hazeh. He explains that money for the farmers? Hakodosh Boruch Hu the bracha of Ve’tzivisi itself is a general bracha promised that he would take care of them. for the country. It promises that we will have