(I don't know when Israel's next year of Jubilee takes place, but I think it would have to be the year following the land's Sabbath year of rest according to Leviticus 25. If the land's Sabbath year of rest begins at sundown on 9/12/2007, and ends on Rosh Hoshanah at sundown on 9/30/2008, then from sundown on 9/30/2008 to Rosh Hoshanah at sundown on 9/18/2009 would be a Jubilee year if it was the 50th year. However, I don't know if it is the Jubilee year.)
Palestinian farmers benefit from Jewish biblical lawJaber and thousands of Palestinian farmers across the occupied West Bank this year are expecting a surge in business this year thanks to a Jewish biblical law, “Shmita,” in Leviticus 25:3-4.
The law dictates that once every seven years all Jewish-owned fields in Israel must lie fallow and that none of their crop should be used for the duration of the year.
The Jewish year of 5768, which begins at sunset on Wednesday, is one such year, which means that tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox strictest observers of “Shmita” will have to find alternative supplies of fruits and vegetables.
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