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Ilana Toweg, right, and her husband Doron field countless prayer requests because of their prominence as Israel farmers strictly observing shmita, Jewish laws about letting farmland lie fallow every seven years. (Deborah Danan/JTA)
April 23, 2022, 8:38 am
Why an Israeli farmer is celebrated for killing his crops (Hint: It’s in the Bible)
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
By Deborah Danan
Jewish youngsters plant trees during a Tu Bishvat event organized by the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael in the Ben Shemen forest, February 6, 2012. (Omer Miron/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 6:23 am
New bill seeks to replace British mandate law on protection, planting of trees
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
By Sue Surkes
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