Though Israeli import laws favor domestically-grown citrons, every 7 years growers from the high Atlas Mountains corner the market during the biblical farming sabbatical of shmita
Taking a page from sabbatical year loan forgiveness outlined in the Good Book, two churches and an Orthodox congregation team up to buy $1.9M worth of debts - and let them go
At the urging of his wife Ilana, Doron Toweg let their eggplants die, costing them massive contracts, as they joined a growing movement to observe the biblical precept of shmita
Timed to coincide with the annual tree-planting festival of Tu Bishvat, MK Alon Tal will submit proposal to strengthen trees in the face of 21st century challenges
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