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This is a very unique guide to shemitta. It was created to help navigate anyone through the practical applications of shemitta observance in modern day Israel. Shemitta is an area of halacha that wasn't fully practiced for over a millennium. Shemitta's not being practiced created a vacuum in halachic literature pertaining to it. Over the past hundred years or so various works have been written on this topic. In recent years some books have been published which have collected many of the earlier books approaches and opinions to many of the issues pertaining to shemitta. Many of these books are thorough and well written. However, since they bring many opinions on many issues they aren't always helpful to someone who just needs to know what to do. This guide is the first English guide on shemitta to offer a singular approach on shemitta observance based on earlier leading rabbinic opinions and on what has become common practice in today's Israeli Torah communities. The guide avoids confusing the reader. Therefore, as a general rule, it does not suggest multiple or contradicting approaches to the same issue. All the approaches in the guide are in accordance with leading halachic opinions and in line with common practice. The guide is easy enough for the beginner yet sufficiently sophisticated that even the well versed can appreciate it. This guide can be used for general background and/or for halachic reference.

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"""Yissachar Dov Krakowski was born in Silver Spring Maryland in 1984 and moved to Sharon Massachusetts at the age of 4. While living in Sharon he attended Providence Hebrew Day School in Providence Road Island. At the tender age of thirteen Krakowski left home to Yeshiva. For the next four years he studied in Beis Hamedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore. After graduating yeshiva high school Krakowski continued on with his Torah studies in Yeshivas Shaar HaTorah Grodna in Queens New York. After completing one year's study in Shaar HaTorah Krakowski moved onto Yeshiva Gedolah of South Fallsburg in upstate New York. He continued his studies there for two years and then moved onto Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Krakowski studied there for two more years. After the first of these two years he met and married his wife Ashira nee Rabinowitz. A year after his marriage Krakowski left Brisk and continued his studies in Kollel Nachlas Elazar. Rabbi Krakowski continued his studies there for about 7 years. While studying in 2007 while studying in Nachlos Elazar Krakowski was ordained as a Rabbi. About a year after Rabbi Krakowski was ordained he received his first rabbinic position as Rabbi of Kehillas Torah VeChessed in Nachlaot Jerusalem. Rabbi Krakowski served as rabbi of KTV for three years. While Krakowski was considerably young he showed a lot of promise and in 2009 the OU hired him as their Field representative in Israel. During Rabbi Krakowski's tenure as Rabbi of KTV he began writing week"

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