In last week’s session we discussed the basic premises which underlie the “Heter Mechirah.” These two premises are that the mitzvah of Shmittah is currently Rabbinic and that when a parcel of land in Israel is sold to a non-Jew some mitzvot (such as Shmittah) no longer apply to that parcel of land.
Today we will discuss one of the several objections raised to the Heter Mechirah. This objection is that it is forbidden to sell land in Israel to a non-Jew. This prohibition is known as “.לא תחנם”