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shmita

shmita noun: a sabbatical year.

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 shmita

pluralshmitas
alternative formshemittah
alternative formshmitah
alternative formshmittah

Origin of shmita

From Hebrew שְׁמִיטָה.

Questions about shmita

What does shmita mean?
Shmita means a sabbatical year.
What part of speech is shmita?
Shmita is a noun.
What is the plural of shmita?
The plural of shmita is shmitas.

Words near shmita in the dictionary

  1. Shmini Atzeret
  2. shmir
  3. shmired
  4. shmiring
  5. shmirs
  6. shmita
  7. shmitah
  8. shmitahs
  9. shmitas
  10. shmittah
  11. shmittahs

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