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shemittah

shemittah is the alternative form of shmita.

Meaning of shmita

Noun

shmita (plural shmitas)

  1. (Judaism) A sabbatical year.
    • The Va·ad recommends that kibbutzim observe some of the sh'mittah laws by letting one field lie fallow as the sh'mittah field, and that they give a percentage of their income to the poor, because that was the original purpose of the law.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 739

Forms of shemittah

pluralshemittahs

Questions about shemittah

What is shemittah the alternative form of?
Shemittah is the alternative form of shmita.

Words near shemittah in the dictionary

  1. Shemites
  2. Shemitic
  3. Shemitish
  4. Shemitism
  5. Shemitisms
  6. shemittah
  7. shemittahs
  8. shemma
  9. shemmas
  10. shemmy
  11. shemmycuck

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