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Jewish farmers

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. (Photo/JTA-Deborah Danan)
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Why these Israeli farmers became heroes after killing their crops (hint: it’s in the Bible)

by Deborah Danan and JTA April 21, 2022

Doron Toweg’s farmyard is as quiet, peaceful and unruffled as his voice. Apart from the occasional bleat from Gila and Simcha, two sheep kept by Toweg and his wife Ilana, […]

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