Calculation of the Year for Shemitah
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Question
Hello, What is the timing for counting the seventh year? On one hand, it is known that Tu BiShvat is the New Year for trees. On the other hand, it is written that one who slaughters a cow and divides it on Rosh Hashanah (after the end of the Shemitah), this is the thirtieth day from the beginning of the month of Elul. When does the Shemitah year actually begin, on what date?
Answer
Hello
The Shemitah begins on Rosh Hashanah and ends on Rosh Hashanah.
Tu BiShvat is the New Year for determining the year for tithes.
Thirty days before the Shemitah, there is a law of 'addition to the Shemitah', when the Shemitah is observed according to the Torah.