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Lot #    21413
Auction End Date    8/12/2008 12:35:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Harsha'ah
Title (Hebrew)    הרשאה
Author    The Chief Rabbinate of Israel
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Defus Mercaz
Publication Date    1930
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. Poster 350:247 mm., light age staining, some creasing, not in CD-EPI.
          
Paragraph 1    A poster entitled "Authorization" issued by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and signed by 6 distinguished Rabbis. The poster has blanks for the exact date to be filled in, along with the printed year 5690 [1930]--the "eve" of the Sababtical Year.

The authorization gives total and complete permission to sell all lands , plantings, trees, etc be it in cities or in villages or in moshavs....
          
Detailed
Description		    One of the most controversial Halachic issues in modern times has been the Heter Mechira, the sale of Israeli farmland to a non-Jew to avoid the prohibition of working the land in Israel during the Shmittah year. Since the Shmittah year of 1888-1889 (the first Shmittah of the modern return to Zion), the Halachic propriety of the Heter Mechira has been vigorously debated by the Halachic authorities of each generation. The Bait Halevi, Netziv, Aruch Hashulchan, Ridbaz, Chazon Ish, and Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv are among the many rabbis who oppose the sale. Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Rav Kook, Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank, Rav Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, Rav Shlomo Yosef Zevin, and Rav Ovadia Yosef are among the many rabbis who approve of the sale. No consensus has emerged regarding this issue. Many observant Jews rely on the Heter Mechira and many do not.
          
Reference
Description		    http://koltorah.org/ravj/hetermechira1.htm
        
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
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Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
Halacha:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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