Buying holy shemitah wine, grape juice, and olive oil – Adar 5783

Rosé, White, and Red Dry Wines - Otzar Ha'aretz

Psagot Winery, Mevo Horon and Shilo area

Rosé wine: Syrah Colombard / 12.5% alcohol
White wine: Blend of Gewurztraminer 46%, Colombard 37%, and Chardonnay 17% / 13.0% alcohol.
Red wine: Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon 66%, Shiraz 34% / 14.4% alcohol

Kashrut:

Religious Council Mateh Binyamin Mehadrin and rabbis of Otzar Ha'aretz and Torah VeHa'aretz Institute. The grapes were grown by Torah observant farmers in vineyards situated in the Shilo area and Mevo Horon. The farmers served as otzar beit din agents and strictly adhered to shemitah laws.

Prices and Ordering Information

Tarshish Ad Habayit:
Rose and white: NIS 200 per box, 6 bottles (750 mL). 
Red wine: NIS 400 per box, 12 bottles (750 mL).
NIS 39 per bottle when bought as individual bottles
(When bought in boxes, NIS 33 per bottle; non-shemitah years this wine is sold at NIS 80 per bottle). 

Order here.

Otzar Ha'aretz Stores: In individual bottles, NIS 39 per bottle (750 mL).

Grape juice, red and white - Rabbi Karelitz 

Zion Winery, Maaleh Adumim

Kashrut: Otzar beit din of Rabbi Nissim Karelitz

Natural red and white grape juice (not cooked but it is pasteurized). The taste is different than the regular, cooked Israeli grape juice (more natural tasting). The white grape juice is sweeter than the red grape juice. The grape juice is pasteurized at 86ºC and is halachically considered mevushal.

Ordering information

Mishnat Yosef: Register and order here.
Delivers to distribution stations throughout the country (primarily haredi areas, but not exclusively).
Mechirah Lakehillah: Earlier in the year, they delivered to distribution stations throughout the country in haredi areas only. They no longer sell holy products. 

Birkat Ha'adamah: Register and order here.
Home deliveries to Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv, many areas in Central Israel, and throughout Judea and Samaria. NIS 20 delivery fee.

Shnat Hasheva: Order here: https://shop.year7.org/
To organize a distribution station in your area (minimum of 30 boxes/tins from all grape juice, wine, and oil products), contact Yuval Tor at 058-6123777
Organizers receive a small compensation as agents of the beit din. No delivery fee.                                        

Prices

Mishnat Yosef and Mechirah Lakehilah– NIS 99 per box of 9 bottles (1 L)  plus NIS 5 fee for the delivery station

Birkat Ha'adamah Shenat Hasheva (organized deliveries) – NIS 110 per box of 9 bottles; Birkat Haadamah has a NIS 20 home delivery fee; Shenat Hashevah does not. 

Note: Mishnat Yosef and Mechirah Lakehillah sell one product at a time and on alternate weeks. If you do not see wine or grape juice available one week on Mishnat Yosef, one of the products will probably be available at Mechirah Lakehillah, and vice-versa. 

Sparkling Sweet Moscato, Dry Red and White Wines, Sweet Red Wine - Rabbi Nissim Karelitz

Zion Winery, Maaleh Adumim

Kashrut: Otzar beit din of Rabbi Nissim Karelitz

Sweet sparkling Moscato

Red and white, 5.5% alcohol content  

Wines from the Sheva Series: Dry and sweet red wine and dry white wine

Dry red wine

Blend of Merlot, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon – 13.5% alcohol

Sweet red wine

Blend of Touriga, Grenache, Syrah, and Merlot – 11.5% alcohol

Dry white wine

Blend of Chenin Blanc, and Roussanne – 12.7% alcohol

Dry red wine Lev, in memory of Tuvia Levkovich
100% Syrah - 13.5 % alcohol

Distributors: Mishnat Yosef, Mechirah Lakehillah (in the past), Shenat Hasheva, Birkat Ha'adama, Tarshish Ad Habayit. 

Prices

Mishnat Yosef and Mechirah Lakehillah: NIS 99 per box of 6 bottles (750 mL) plus NIS 5 fee for the delivery station.

Birkat Ha'adamah, Tarshish Ad Habayit, and Shenat Hasheva (organized deliveries): – NIS 110 per box of 6 bottles (750 mL) of dry white wine and red wine blend, moscatos, sweet red wine is NIS 105 per box and "Lev" Syrah wine is NIS 120 per box
Birkat Ha'adamah has a NIS 20 home delivery fee; Tarshish Ad Habayit has a NIS 35 delivery fee but sells at NIS 110 for independent pickup.

Red Grape Juice and Dry Red Wines - Rabbi Revach

Jerusalem Vineyard Wineries

Kashrut: Otzar beit din of Rabbi Shneor Zalman Revach from The Institute for the Mitzvot of Eretz Yisrael; Badatz Rabbi Mordechai Gross; Badatz Beit Yosef; Mehadrin Rabbanut Yerushalayim  

Important note: The grape juice tastes significantly different than standard Israeli grape juice (more like wine). The grape juice is pasteurized at 86ºC and is halachically considered mevushal.

Prices

Box of grape juice: NIS 120, 12 bottles (750 mL)

Box with a mix of red wines: NIS 150, 8 bottles (750 mL):
4 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon, 2 Merlot, 2 bottles with a blend of Sauvignon/Merlot/Shiraz. 

Ordering information

They deliver about once a month to several distribution stations throughout Israel; please note the distribution stations and dates.  

Order here.

Their website

Semi-Dry White Wine - Rabbi Melamed

Jerusalem Vineyard Wineries

Kashrut: Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Rabbi of Har Brachah - Otzar Beit Din Yeshivat Har Bracha; Rabbanut Yerushalayim

Prices

Box of white wine:  NIS 150, 8 bottles (750 mL): Blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay

Ordering information

Order here.

They deliver about once a month to several distribution stations throughout Israel (same as Rav Revach); they are accessible on the same website.

On their website, you can also order Rav Revach's grape juice and red wine. 

Dry Red Wine - Golan Heights Rabbis
Golan Heights Wineries 

Kashrut: Certified by the Golan Heights otzar
beit din and by Rabbi Aharon Auerbach
(son of Rabbi Avraham Dov) of Tiberius.

Batra Wine: Special Limited Brand
- SOLD OUT

Price

NIS 180 per box (12 bottles per box, 750 mL bottles). 

Golan Heights Winery - All Other Brands

All of the wines produced by the Golan Heights winery this year are through otzar beit din. Besides Batra wine (above), they are sold as individual bottles in regular stores and at regular prices. However, otzar beit din is printed on the label.

Extra virgin olive oil - Shenat Hasheva 

Kashrut: Otzar beit din of Rabbi Nissim Karelitz
Up to 0.4% acidity content

Price: NIS 125 per 5 L tin (NIS 25 per liter instead of NIS 40 regular years). Sold out. 

Available through privately organized deliveries (minimum of 30 boxes/tins from all grape juice, wine, and oil products): Contact Yuval at 058-6123777

Note: The Sheva Olive Oil has been sold out.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Bnei Netzarim , obd Bnei Netzarim

Grown in Bnei Nezarim by a shemitah-observant farmer who rendered his grove ownerless the entire year and learned Torah, only watering the trees. At olive harvest time, he registered with the local otzar beit din following the guidelines issued by Torah VeHa'aretz Institute. It is a mitzvah to support such farmers and help them cover their water expenses for the year. 

Kashrut: Otzar beit din of Rabbi Yaakov Daniel Lanzer, otzar beit din of Bnei Netzarim
Up to 0.3% acidity content

Price

NIS 140 per 5L tin for organized deliveries through Shnat Hasheva (see below);
Pickup from Bnei Netzarim: NIS 125, https://sale-page.greeninvoice.co.il/xffmtd 

Available through privately organized deliveries by Shnat Hasheva (minimum of 30 boxes/tins from all grape juice, wine, and oil products): Contact Yuval at 058-6123777 or order here: https://shop.year7.org/ 

Pnei Kedem organic olive oil - Gush Etzion Rabbis

Michael Lourie is an oleh from Melbourne, Australia. He is currently a resident of Pnei Kedem, a settlement in the Judean hills overlooking the Dead Sea that he helped found together with his wife Suzy and Garin Ofni. They have recently opened a visitor's center onsite.

Not only is agriculture in Pnei Kedem an expression of love of the land of Israel, but it also began as an effort to protect the young settlement from local Arabs who habitually encroached upon its lands and intimidated its inhabitants. Michael and some other farmers have planted olive groves and vineyards along the perimeter of Pnei Kedem, thereby creating a buffer zone between the Arabs and the Jewish inhabitants with the farmers serving as a vital presence in the area.

The Pnei Kedem farmers have observed shemitah with great devotion as agents of the Gush Etzion otzar beit din. It is a big mitzvah to support them and help cover their expenses by purchasing holy oil from them. It is now possible to order organic olive oil.

Note that in a taste-testing competition among olive oils grown in Judah and Samaria, Pnei Kedem organic olive oil won first place!

Kashrut

Certified by the otzar beit din of Gush Etzion.

Price list

Ordering information

Michael Lourie: 054-4730652, e-mail:  smlourie1@gmail.com

Delivery to drop-off points in Beit Shemesh, Efrat, Jerusalem, and Raanana. Home delivery in these cities is at an additional fee of NIS 50. In Pnei Kedem, delivery is free. Elsewhere, price depends on location. It is also possible to pick up the oil in Pnei Kedem.

Soon: Fine dry red organic wine will be available 

Rosh Pinah Organic Olive Oil - Golan Heights otzar beit din

Tsvi Klejman grows 11 dunams (1.1 hectares) of Syrian olives near Rosh Pina. Tsvi served as an otzar beit din agent of the Golan Heights beit din (Rabbi Uri Sedan, former rabbi of Nov). This year, his trees produced some 450 L of organic olive oil.

Through our posts in Torah Tidbits and our Shemitah Update WhatsApp groups, Tsvi has completely sold out on all of his holy oil.