About This Text
Adam Min HaAdamah ("Person of the Earth") is a 21st-century work that analyzes the spiritual essence of Shemitah (the Sabbatical year) and Yovel (the Jubilee year) using biblical, rabbinic, and legal sources. Written in accessible, narrative form by students and faculty at Yeshivat Otniel in Israel, Adam Min HaAdamah focuses on the beauty of Shemitah and Yovel and its conceptual relevance to contemporary life.