It&apos;s (supposedly) the shemita year this year, the Sabbatical year, when the land rests and debts are cancelled. The deeper we look at the laws of debt release, though, the more paradoxes and contradictions we find, until we (maybe) uncover the root of all laws - to cease to exist as law at all.  Listen to the podcast, and check out the full source-sheet here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/351301?editor=1 Read and listen to more here, or get in touch to share your thoughts: https://58thcentury.world<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebjosh">Support the show</a>

Shmita Part Two: Celebrating Calendar Chaos

I believe that the world we live in is understood through words. I believe the more words we have the more we can be in this world. I feel lucky to have inherited a 3,000-year old Jewish tradition of expressing the world in words, and try to be a bridge between the old texts and where people are at today.​​I don't have so many answers to the fundamental questions of existence. I don't try to convince people about anything. But I like learning, I like to facilitate Jewish discussions, I like to help people explore how to be a Jewish human.