A masechta, not a maggid shiur
Yerushalmi Shevi'is is a subject, not a speaker. It is a series of shiurim on Masechta Shevi'is as it appears in the Talmud Yerushalmi — the Jerusalem Talmud — which treats the laws of shemittah, the seventh year in which the Land of Israel rests. Reading these titles as a person's biography, as generic write-ups tend to, misses the whole point: this is a limud, a structured journey through a specific tractate.
That distinction matters for anyone deciding whether to learn here. The series is defined by its text, so what a listener gets is sustained engagement with one masechta rather than a tour of many topics. About thirty recorded shiurim carry the learning forward, which is the shape of a genuine limud — following the sugyos of Shevi'is in sequence toward a real grasp of the material.
Why Shevi'is, and why the Yerushalmi
Shevi'is deals with the mitzvos of the sabbatical year — letting the land lie fallow, the release of debts, and the sanctity of the year's produce. These are among the agricultural mitzvos most bound up with living in Eretz Yisrael, and they have become newly practical as shemittah is observed there today. Learning the masechta connects a person to laws that are anything but theoretical for those on the Land.
Choosing the Yerushalmi over the Bavli is itself significant. The Talmud Yerushalmi receives far less study than the Bavli and is the primary Talmudic source for many of the agricultural mitzvos, Shevi'is among them. A series devoted to it opens a door most learners rarely walk through, and offers a rarer, more specialized track of Gemara study.
Serious learning, made available
A dedicated masechta series is best suited to a committed learner — someone ready to follow a tractate rather than sample highlights. That said, the subject itself has a wide appeal: shemittah touches themes of trust in Hashem, the meaning of the Land, and rest built into the calendar of the earth, ideas that reward even a listener who is not a seasoned lamdan.
For a household, having such a series available means the option is there when someone is ready for depth. It is not weekly parsha listening, and it does not pretend to be; it is a focused course of Talmud study, on demand, for the learner who wants to work through Shevi'is properly and understand a corner of Torah that many never reach.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- A structured shiur series on Masechta Shevi'is in the Talmud Yerushalmi — not an individual speaker.
- Shevi'is covers shemittah: the fallow seventh year, release of debts, and the sanctity of its produce.
- The Yerushalmi is the main Talmudic source for these agricultural mitzvos and is far less commonly studied than the Bavli.
- About thirty recorded shiurim make up a genuine, sequential limud for the committed learner.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.