by R. Eli Ozarowski Rabbi Eli Ozarowski serves as editor of the English Tzurba M’Rabanan halacha series as well as editor of numerous other Torah projects and sefarim. He is also a former editor of the Steinsaltz English Gemara series. Rabbi Ozarowski received semicha from RIETS and currently lives in Mitzpeh Yericho, Israel, where he also delivers frequent shiurim. Introduction[1]I ...
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by R. Eli Ozarowski [1]I would like to thank Rabbi Meir Orlian for reviewing this essay and offering his helpful comments and suggestions. The final in a three-part series -ed. Preference of Options: Which One is Better? Now that we have a good understanding of what the various options are, we can discuss which of the options are preferable in ...
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by R. Eli Ozarowski [1]I would like to thank Rabbi Meir Orlian for reviewing this essay and offering his helpful comments and suggestions. The second in a three-part series -ed. III. Otzar Beit Din Otzar Beit Din is another method of marketing and supplying fruits and vegetables during the Shemita year. Essentially, it refers to produce which grows during the ...
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by R. Eli Ozarowski [1]I would like to thank Rabbi Meir Orlian for reviewing this essay and offering his helpful comments and suggestions. The first in a three-part series -ed. Introduction [2]There has been a tremendous proliferation of recent written works systematically summarizing the laws of Shemita on a practical level, and some of those considered the more widely accepted ...
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