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Squeezing citrus juice and storing it for the entire shemitah year

Question (Tevet 5782): I have lemons, grapefruit, and oranges from the sixth year. In previous years, I harvested a large amount at once and juiced them with a...

Israeli organic peppers in the United States during shemitah

Can a Jew in the US eat organic peppers exported from Israel during Shemitah?

Growing microgreens - sprouts during shemitah

About vertical farms, sprout growing, and related halachot during shemitah and non-shemitah years

Israeli produce abroad: did all farmers in Israel sign heter mechirah?

If someone relies on heter mechirah, can they eat Israeli produce exported abroad; do most Israeli farmers sign a bill of heter mechirah? What about terumot,...

Tevet Shemitah Update

Sources of produce in various types of stores

What are the different between stores during shemitah. What does it mean "Shemitah Lechumrah", "Regular Rabbinate", and Otzar Ha'aretz

Kislev Shemitah Update

Laws relating to fruit ripening on trees beginning of winter of Shemitah

What are the halachot related to fruit the ripens on the trees at the beginning of Shemitah? How do you take Terumot and Ma'aserot from them? Till when they are...

Orlah and terumot and ma'aserot for fruits and vegetables exported from Israel

Halachic guidelines from Torah VeHa'aretz Institute for Jews living abroad buying Israeli produce, regarding orlah and terumot and ma'aserot.

Cheshvan Shemitah Update

The shemitah year is already here, and the prohibitions of working the soil are in full force: it is forbidden to work in the garden or field, aside from...