Shemitah, Appendix A: Shemitah Sanctity and Bi'ur times for Fruit
When does each kind of fruit have shemitah sanctity, and when is its' Bi'ut time?
|
Fruit[1] |
Shemitah sanctity starts |
Shemitah sanctity ends |
Bi'ur time |
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Almond |
Early Sept. end of shemitah |
Mid-Sept. end of eighth year (Late Elul 5783-2023) |
Late Jan. eighth year |
|
Almond |
Early May shemitah |
Late May eighth year |
Late Jan. eighth year |
|
Apple |
Mid-May shemitah |
Late June eighth year |
Mid-Jan. eighth year |
|
Apricot |
Early April shemitah |
Early May eighth year |
Late Aug. shemitah |
|
Avocado |
Early Aug. shemitah |
Late June eighth year |
Late July eighth year (Mid-Av 5783-2023) |
|
Blueberry |
Late Dec. shemitah |
Late Dec. eighth year |
Late April eighth year |
|
Carob |
Mid-Sept. end of shemitah |
Late Oct. ninth year |
Mid-Jan. eighth year |
|
Cherry |
Mid-April shemitah |
Early June eighth year |
Early Aug. shemitah |
|
Clementine (tangerine) |
Early Sept. end of shemitah |
Early Sept. end of eighth year |
Late April eighth year |
|
Date |
Early Aug. shemitah |
Late Sept. beginning of ninth year (Mid-Tishrei 5784-2023) |
Purim eighth year (March 7, 5783-2023) |
|
Etrog |
3 Tishrei shemitah |
Mid-April eighth year |
Mid-April eighth year |
|
Feijoa |
Mid-Oct. eighth year (Late Tishrei 5783-2022) |
Mid Oct. ninth year |
Late Feb. eighth year |
|
Fig |
Late April shemitah |
Late May eighth year |
Chanukah eighth year |
|
Grapefruit |
Early Sept. end of shemitah |
Mid-Nov. ninth year |
Mid May eighth year |
|
Guava |
Mid Aug. end of shemitah |
Late Aug. end of eighth year (Mid-Elul 5783-2023) |
Mid-Dec. eighth year |
|
Hazelnut3 |
Not sacred |
|
No bi'ur |
|
Kiwi |
Mid-Sept. end of shemitah |
Mid-Sept. end of eighth year (Late Elul 5783-2023) |
Mid-March eighth year |
|
Kobo |
Late Dec. shemitah (Late Tevet 5782-2021) |
Late Dec. eight year (Early Tevet 5783-2022) |
Mid-Sep. shemitah (Late Elul 5782-2022) |
|
Kumquat |
Mid-Oct. beginning of eighth year |
Mid-Oct. beginning of ninth year |
Mid-March eighth year |
|
Lemon |
Early May shemitah |
Early May eighth year |
Late July eighth year |
|
Lime |
Mid-July shemitah |
Mid-July eighth year |
Mid-Oct. beginning of eighth year |
|
Longan |
Early June shemitah |
Early June eight year |
Mid-Aug. shemitah |
|
Loquat |
Early Feb. shemitah |
Early March eighth year |
Mid-May shemitah |
|
Lychee |
Mid-June shemitah |
Mid-June eighth year |
Mid-Aug. shemitah |
|
Mandarin orange |
Early Sept. end of shemitah |
Mid-Sept. end of eighth year (Late Elul 5783-2023) |
Late April eighth year |
|
Mango |
Mid-June shemitah |
Mid-June eighth year |
Mid-Jan. eighth year |
|
Mulberry |
Early May shemitah |
Early May eighth year |
Late Sept. beginning of eighth year |
|
Nectarine |
Early Feb. shemitah |
Early Feb. eighth year |
Late Nov. eighth year |
|
Oil olives |
Mid-Oct. eighth year |
Late Oct. ninth year |
Shavu'ot eighth year |
|
Orange |
Mid-Sep. end of shemitah. |
Late Nov. ninth year |
Late July eighth year |
|
Passionfruit |
Late Oct. shemitah (Late Cheshvan 5782-2021) |
Mid-Dec. eighth year (Late Kislev 5783-2022) |
Mid-Dec. eighth year (Kislev 5783-2022) |
|
Peach |
Early Feb. shemitah |
Early Feb. eighth year |
Late Nov. eighth year |
|
Pear |
Late June shemitah |
Late June eighth year |
Late Oct. eighth year (Early Cheshvan 5783-2022) |
|
Pecan[2] |
Mid-Oct. eighth year |
Mid-Nov. ninth year |
Mid-May eighth year (Late Iyar 5783-2023) |
|
Peelables (citrus: Or, Ora, Nova) |
Early Sept. end of shemitah |
Early Sept. end of eighth year (Mid-Elul 5783-2023) |
Late April eighth year |
|
Persimmon |
Mid-Sept. end of shemitah |
Mid-Sept. end of eighth year (Late Elul 5783-2023) |
Late Dec. eighth year |
|
Pistachio3 |
No sanctity |
|
No bi'ur |
|
Pitaya |
Late Dec. shemitah |
Late Dec. eighth year |
Mid-Sept. end of shemitah (Mid-Elul 5782-2022) |
|
Plum – European (oval) |
Early Aug. shemitah |
Late Sept. end of eighth year (Mid-Elul 5783-2023) |
Late Nov. eighth year |
|
Plum – Japanese (round) |
Early May shemitah |
Mid-May eighth year |
Late Dec. eighth year |
|
Pomegranate |
Late July shemitah |
Mid-Aug. eighth year |
Mid-Feb. eighth year |
|
Pomelo |
Early Sept. end of shemitah |
Mid-Nov. ninth year |
Mid-June eighth year |
|
Quince |
Late Sept. end of shemitah |
Early Sept. end of eighth year (Mid-Elul 5783-2023) |
Mid-Jan. eighth year |
|
Sabra (prickly pear) |
Mid-May shemitah |
Late June eighth year |
Early Nov. eighth year |
|
Star fruit (carambola) |
Late Sept. end of shemitah |
Early Sept. end of eighth year (Mid-Elul 5783-2023) |
Mid-Feb. eighth year |
|
Sweet cherry (Hackberry) |
Mid-April shemitah |
Mid-May eighth year |
Early Aug. shemitah |
|
Sweetsop (sugar apple) |
Mid-July. shemitah |
Late June eight year |
Mid-April eighth year |
|
Table grapes |
Late March shemitah |
Early April eighth year |
Pesach eighth year |
|
Table olives |
Mid-Aug. end of shemitah |
Mid-Aug. end of eighth year (Late Av 5783-2023) |
Shavu'ot eighth year |
|
Walnut |
Not sacred[3] |
|
No bi'ur |
|
Wine grapes |
Early July shemitah |
Early June eighth year |
Pesach eighth year |
[1] General note: The sefichin prohibition does not apply to fruit.
The list is based on the solar calendar. Since the stage that determines shemitah sanctity for fruit is chanatah, the beginning of the fruit's formation, we follow the solar calendar. This is because the processes of growth for both fruits and vegetables follow the solar calendar. See Tosafot, Rosh Hashanah 15a, s.v. dechadashim. The dates in parenthesis (Gregorian and Hebrew) are correct for this shemitah year only. These tables were prepared with the help of Mr. Meir Frankel of blessed memory (The Agriculture Guide, Training and Professional Services Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture) and Agron. Dr. Mordechai Shomron (Torah VeHa'aretz Institute). The tables appear in Torah VeHa'aretz Institute's website.
[2] Some maintain that bi'ur does not apply to pecans; see Chapter 24 §B.7.
[3] This fruit is not grown in Israel (as of 5782); since all such fruits are imported, the laws of shemitah do not apply.
