Shemitah
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Shemitah is the biblical sabbatical year in Jewish law during which agricultural land in Israel lies fallow, debts are released, and certain economic and social reset practices are observed.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shemitah canonical | 2 |
| Sabbatical year | 1 |
| Shemittah | 1 |
| Shemittat Kesafim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10166230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shemitah Context triple: [Maaser, relatedConcept, Shemitah]
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A.
Yamim Noraim
Yamim Noraim refers to the Jewish High Holy Days period encompassing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, marked by intense prayer, reflection, and repentance.
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B.
Metula
Metula is a northern Israeli town known for being the country’s northernmost settlement and a key agricultural and tourism center in the Upper Galilee.
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C.
Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
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D.
First Fruits Festival
The First Fruits Festival is a traditional Zulu harvest celebration marked by royal rituals, communal thanksgiving, and cultural ceremonies honoring the first crops of the season.
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E.
Counting of the Omer
Counting of the Omer is a Jewish ritual of daily counting over the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot, marking spiritual preparation for receiving the Torah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shemitah Target entity description: Shemitah is the biblical sabbatical year in Jewish law during which agricultural land in Israel lies fallow, debts are released, and certain economic and social reset practices are observed.
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A.
Yamim Noraim
Yamim Noraim refers to the Jewish High Holy Days period encompassing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, marked by intense prayer, reflection, and repentance.
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B.
Metula
Metula is a northern Israeli town known for being the country’s northernmost settlement and a key agricultural and tourism center in the Upper Galilee.
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C.
Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
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D.
First Fruits Festival
The First Fruits Festival is a traditional Zulu harvest celebration marked by royal rituals, communal thanksgiving, and cultural ceremonies honoring the first crops of the season.
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E.
Counting of the Omer
Counting of the Omer is a Jewish ritual of daily counting over the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot, marking spiritual preparation for receiving the Torah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious practice
ⓘ
biblical sabbatical year ⓘ halakhic institution ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
limit economic inequality
ⓘ
prevent long-term poverty ⓘ reinforce dependence on God ⓘ |
| allows | picking produce for immediate consumption ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
agricultural land in Israel
ⓘ
land of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
economic reset
ⓘ
environmental rest ⓘ social justice ⓘ social reset ⓘ |
| bindingOn | Jewish farmers in Israel ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| calendarExample |
Hebrew year 5775
ⓘ
Hebrew year 5782 ⓘ |
| commandedIn |
Deuteronomy 15:1–11
ⓘ
Exodus 23:10–11 ⓘ Leviticus 25:1–7 ⓘ |
| debtReleaseCalled |
Shemittat Kesafim
ⓘ
linked to:
Shemitah
|
| debtReleaseSource |
Deuteronomy 15:1–3
ⓘ
linked to:
Deuteronomy 15:1–11
|
| describedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| follows | six years of agricultural work ⓘ |
| forbids |
harvesting in the usual manner
ⓘ
planting ⓘ plowing ⓘ pruning ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Sabbatical year
ⓘ
linked to:
Shemitah
Shemittah year ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Biblical law in Judaism
ⓘ
Jewish agricultural law ⓘ Jewish economic ethics ⓘ |
| hasHalakhicMechanism |
Heter Mechira
ⓘ
Otzar Beit Din ⓘ Pruzbul ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName | שְׁמִטָּה ⓘ |
| hasLegalCategory | mitzvot hateluyot ba’aretz ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration |
Shemittah
ⓘ
linked to:
Shemitah
|
| includes | release of debts ⓘ |
| mainObligation |
letting the land lie fallow
ⓘ
refraining from agricultural work ⓘ |
| observedBy | Jews ⓘ |
| occursEvery | seven years ⓘ |
| partOf | seven-year agricultural cycle ⓘ |
| precedes | Yovel in the 50-year cycle ⓘ |
| pruzbulIntroducedBy | Hillel the Elder ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Jubilee year
ⓘ
Yovel ⓘ |
| requires |
granting equal access to animals
ⓘ
granting equal access to strangers ⓘ granting equal access to the poor ⓘ treating produce as ownerless ⓘ |
| statusIn | rabbinic in contemporary practice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shemitah Description of subject: Shemitah is the biblical sabbatical year in Jewish law during which agricultural land in Israel lies fallow, debts are released, and certain economic and social reset practices are observed.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.