Terumot U’Shemitah הלכות תרומות ושמיטה
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331Laws of Terumot and Ma'aserotSiman 331 · 20 seifim
- 1.It is written in the Torah: "You shall surely…
- 2.In the first and second years of the shemitah…
- 3.The fifteenth of Shevat is the New Year for…
- 4.One who buys produce from the market and is…
- 5.In pressing circumstances and genuine duress, it is permitted…
- 6.People living outside the Land of Israel who wish…
- 7.The mitzvah of separating terumah and ma'aser is obligatory…
- 8.Those who have the custom not to recite a…
- 9.A field belonging to a non-Jew that was harvested…
- 10.It is clearly established that one may not permit…
- 11.Grapes sold in the market by non-Jews, grown on…
- 12.Green olives bought from non-Jews, which are customarily soaked…
- 13.The same law applies to oil made from non-Jews'…
- 14.One who buys raisins from a non-Jew, grown on…
- 15.One who eats sesame seeds as they are is…
- 16.Produce of a non-Jew's field that was smoothed/leveled or…
- 17.Produce from outside the Land that arrives in the…
- 18.Terumah that fell into a cooked dish, and before…
- 19.The widespread custom is to redeem ma'aser sheni several…
- 20.It is permitted to buy fruits and vegetables from…
+Chapter 1 — Foundations of the Mitzvah of ShemitahSiman 331 (continued) · 22 seifim
- 1a.It is a positive commandment to rest from working…
- 1b.1. The land's rest — resting from working the…
- 2.The true shemitah year is the year 5761 [2000-2001]…
- 3.Shevi'it applies only in the Land of Israel, as…
- 4.Even within the Land of Israel, not all locations…
- 5.Eilat is considered outside the Land regarding the obligation…
- 6.Syria, although shevi'it does not apply to it by…
- 7.The Golan, and likewise the eastern side of the…
- 8.Growth grown in Jerusalem is subject to all the…
- 9.The opinion of the majority of halachic authorities is…
- 10.One who is a guest with an observant family…
- 11.Even though shemitah nowadays applies rabbinically, the yovel (Jubilee)…
- 12.In the Land of Israel, the custom is not…
- 13.Those who are accustomed to have kavanot in prayer…
- 14.When reciting the blessing of Shehecheyanu in the Kiddush…
- 15.It is permitted to fast or pray for rain…
- 16.One should not perform actions by way of a…
- 17.It is forbidden to rent out a field to…
- 18.It is forbidden to tell a non-Jew to perform…
- 19.Even though according to the Rambam one may not…
- 20.It is permitted for wholesalers who supply vegetables to…
- 21.A disabled child whom doctors determined must exercise on…
+Chapter 2 — The Law of the Addition to Shevi'it (Tosefet Shevi'it)Chapter 2 — The Law of the Addition to Shevi'it (Tosefet Shevi'it) · 13 seifim
- 1.The shemitah year begins on the first of the…
- 2.Even though nowadays we do not have the law…
- 3.A non-fruit-bearing (sterile) tree, as well as ornamental shrubs,…
- 4.A tree or rootstock planted before the fifteenth of…
- 5.Some say one should be stringent regarding all sowing…
- 6.The primary ruling for practical halachah, following the majority…
- 7.Some say one should also not sow, close to…
- 8.For grain and legumes too, it is proper and…
- 9.Also regarding labors that are permitted to be performed…
- 10.From the sixteenth of Av onward, one should not…
- 11.A tree uprooted by the wind, or swept away…
- 12.If there is a need to plant trees on…
- 13.If a non-Jew planted after the sixteenth of Av…
+Chapter 3 — In Which Field Shevi'it AppliesChapter 3 — In Which Field Shevi'it Applies · 4 seifim
- 1.All the laws of shevi'it apply also to a…
- 2.Shevi'it applies also to lands belonging to the public,…
- 3.The laws of shevi'it apply also in deserts and…
- 4.Shevi'it applies also to consecrated land (hekdesh), and all…
+Chapter 4 — The Prohibition of Sowing and Planting During Shevi'itChapter 4 — The Prohibition of Sowing and Planting During Shevi'it · 36 seifim
- 1.What is "the land's rest"? It is resting from…
- 2.One should not sow during shevi'it even at the…
- 3.If one did not perform any of the primary…
- 4.It is forbidden to sow any kind of seed…
- 5.Some say that if one sowed a single grain…
- 6.One who transgressed and planted or sowed during shevi'it…
- 7.A tree upon which forbidden labor was performed during…
- 8.The prohibition of sowing during shevi'it applies whether one…
- 9.It is permitted to throw a fruit pit into…
- 10.It has already been explained above that regarding the…
- 11.Seeds resting on top of the soil may not…
- 12.Exposed roots of a tree should not be covered…
- 13.One should not sow even if his intention is…
- 14.It is forbidden to plant trees during shevi'it, whether…
- 15.At times, when the air quality in some location…
- 16.Some say one should not fence a field by…
- 17.Grafting and layering have the same law as planting,…
- 18.One who wishes to move trees from place to…
- 19.A cutting (yachur) — a branch inserted into the…
- 20.A perforated planter that broke, with the soil still…
- 21.Under certain conditions it is possible to perform all…
- 22.All the more so it is permitted to graft…
- 23.Some say it is forbidden to sow and plow…
- 24.Some say that roof crops have the same law…
- 25.Sowing during shevi'it in a planter, whether perforated or…
- 26.The entire prohibition against sowing in a perforated planter…
- 27.One who moves his residence during shevi'it is permitted…
- 28.It is permitted to pass beneath a balcony containing…
- 29.Seedlings of seeds and flowers in planters in a…
- 30.It is permitted to erect a sukkah on a…
- 31.Containers that are unperforated and not portable due to…
- 32.It is permitted to plant fruits or vegetables during…
- 33.It is permitted during the shemitah year to place…
- 34.It is permitted to demonstrate, for a nature-study lesson…
- 35.It is rabbinically forbidden to sow even in an…
- 36.It is permitted to place cut flowers inside a…
+Chapter 5 — Clearing Stones from a Field During Shevi'itChapter 5 — Clearing Stones from a Field During Shevi'it · 5 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to clear a field of its…
- 2.If one needs the stones for building or the…
- 3.It is permitted to clear stones from parking lots,…
- 4.A stone fence ten handbreadths or more in height,…
- 5.Those who grill meat over a fire in ornamental…
+Chapter 6 — Quarrying and Developing Land During Shevi'itChapter 6 — Quarrying and Developing Land During Shevi'it · 4 seifim
- 1.A person should not open a quarry for the…
- 2.The entire above prohibition regarding quarrying land applies when…
- 3.Since it is forbidden to protect shevi'it produce [by…
- 4.It is permitted to build a fence during shevi'it…
+Chapter 7 — The Prohibition of Pruning During Shevi'itChapter 7 — The Prohibition of Pruning During Shevi'it · 26 seifim
- 1.It is stated in the Torah: "your vineyard you…
- 2.The definition of the labor of pruning is to…
- 3.Some say there is no Torah-level prohibition of pruning…
- 4.The Torah-level prohibition of pruning applies when one's intention…
- 5.It is indeed permitted to trim a branch that…
- 6.According to the Rambam, one may not permit Torah-level…
- 7.Even labors that are not truly needed to save…
- 8.When labors were permitted to prevent damage, this was…
- 9.It is permitted to remove leaves from a tree…
- 10.It is permitted to cut branches from a tree…
- 11.Even a gardener who cuts wood before the festival…
- 12.Trees growing at the sides of a courtyard or…
- 13.Branches that interfere with electrical wires, where there is…
- 14.Some say that labors performed on the body of…
- 15.It is permitted to uproot a fruit tree during…
- 16.It is forbidden to cut down fruit-bearing trees during…
- 17.Likewise, a branch of a fruit tree that has…
- 18.The entire prohibition against picking unripe fruit applies specifically…
- 19.It is permitted to gather and pickle during shevi'it…
- 20.If one cuts a leaf from a bunch of…
- 21.It is permitted to cut tree branches during shevi'it…
- 22.One should not cut off the growths (galls/warts) on…
- 23.It is permitted to pick flower branches during shevi'it…
- 24.One who transgressed and pruned his field during shevi'it,…
- 25.Regarding the custom in growing willow branches (aravot), of…
- 26.Regarding the "gat" shrub brought to the Land from…
+Chapter 8 — The Law of Spraying and Clearing the Field During ShemitahChapter 8 — The Law of Spraying and Clearing the Field During Shemitah · 13 seifim
- 1.A field containing worms that damage the trees —…
- 2.Some spray even in a forbidden manner, such as…
- 3.Mice that cause loss to a tree may be…
- 4.One whose field has grown weeds that interfere with…
- 5.It is permitted to clean the garden in one's…
- 6.A field covered by snow, where if the snow…
- 7.If snow fell on the trees and is causing…
- 8.An etrog tree intended for the mitzvah, on which…
- 9.It is permitted during the shemitah year to cover…
- 10.One may be lenient to wrap grapes still on…
- 11.Saplings are bound up until Rosh Hashanah of the…
- 12.Some say it is forbidden to stretch out vine…
- 13.Some say it is permitted to wrap the tree…
+Chapter 9 — Tending an Ornamental Garden During Shevi'itChapter 9 — Tending an Ornamental Garden During Shevi'it · 4 seifim
- 1.Ornamental gardens surrounding houses, whose upkeep costs are shared…
- 2.Pruning a live hedge in house courtyards causes branches…
- 3.A lawn intended for ornamental purposes has no sanctity…
- 4.Some have been stringent not to mow the lawn…
+Chapter 10 — The Prohibition of Harvesting During Shevi'itChapter 10 — The Prohibition of Harvesting During Shevi'it · 4 seifim
- 1.It is stated in the Torah: "the aftergrowth of…
- 2.Nevertheless, if he transgressed and harvested in a forbidden…
- 3.Fruit that grew and set in the sixth year…
- 4.Even after he has harvested or gathered for his…
+Chapter 11 — The Prohibition of Plowing During Shevi'itChapter 11 — The Prohibition of Plowing During Shevi'it · 12 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to plow the ground during the…
- 2.All labors performed to prepare the ground for sowing,…
- 3.It is forbidden to plow during shevi'it with a…
- 4.One who bought a field or vineyard, and in…
- 5.Just as it is forbidden to work the land…
- 6.Plowing done for the sake of the eighth year…
- 7.One who transgressed and fertilized his field during shevi'it…
- 8.It is forbidden to hoe around a tree, even…
- 9.All the more so it is permitted to dig…
- 10.It is permitted to fence around a young tree…
- 11.Regarding "knocking" the olive trees — some say this…
- 12.One should not drive a stake next to a…
+Chapter 12 — Irrigation During Shevi'itChapter 12 — Irrigation During Shevi'it · 11 seifim
- 1.Irrigation is forbidden during shevi'it; nevertheless, the Sages permitted…
- 2.All the permission to irrigate during shevi'it applies to…
- 3.It is permitted to irrigate roses and the like…
- 4.Likewise fruit trees requiring irrigation for their survival during…
- 5.For a lawn sown for ornamental purposes, some say…
- 6.In a situation where it is forbidden to irrigate…
- 7.One who washes his floor during the shemitah year,…
- 8.It is permitted to install an air conditioner, or…
- 9.It is permitted to wash a car on the…
- 10.We have already explained above that flower planters located…
- 11.An ownerless field or fruit trees that need irrigation…
+Chapter 13 — Fertilizing During Shevi'itChapter 13 — Fertilizing During Shevi'it · 7 seifim
- 2.One who transgressed and fertilized his field during the…
- 3.As long as it is the customary time to…
- 4.If there is danger to the tree's survival should…
- 5.Where fertilizing is permitted as above, it is preferable…
- 6.Therefore orchard and field owners should fertilize their lands…
- 7.No preparatory actions should be performed — including weeding,…
- 8.Even labors permitted to be performed during the shemitah…
+Chapter 14 — Shemitah of the Land's Produce [Declaring the Produce Ownerless]Chapter 14 — Shemitah of the Land's Produce [Declaring the Produce Ownerless] · 8 seifim
- 1.It is a positive commandment to release and declare…
- 2.Nevertheless, the fruit does not become ownerless until the…
- 3.Settlements in the Land of Israel near the border,…
- 4.If the field owner is concerned about theft of…
- 5.One who guards his fruit — meaning he did…
- 6.Shevi'it produce remaining at the close of shevi'it —…
- 7.Sixth-year fruit still on the trees during the shemitah…
- 8.It is forbidden for the field owner to gather…
+Chapter 15 — Loss of Shevi'it ProduceChapter 15 — Loss of Shevi'it Produce · 67 seifim
- 1.Fruit, as well as grain, of the seventh year…
- 2.The sanctity of shevi'it applies only to growth whose…
- 3.Truffles and mushrooms of the seventh year, even though…
- 4.The sanctity of shevi'it does not apply to orlah…
- 5.Flax and cotton grown during shevi'it, which are used…
- 6.Things ordinarily used for dyeing — even though they…
- 7.All the laws of the sanctity of shevi'it apply…
- 8.One who bought fruit from a shemitah store that…
- 9.Shevi'it produce was given for eating, drinking, and anointing.…
- 10.Fruits and vegetables grown during shevi'it on land owned…
- 11.It is permitted to peel fruits and vegetables of…
- 12.Banana peels from otzar beit din, since they are…
- 13.Regarding orange peels, some say one must observe the…
- 14.Etrog pits, which are bitter, as well as grape…
- 15.Watermelon seeds should be treated with the sanctity of…
- 16.Fruit pits that have a small amount of the…
- 17.Even according to those who are stringent regarding fruit…
- 18.Shevi'it produce designated for human food should not be…
- 19.It is permitted to feed animal feed that has…
- 20.Shevi'it produce grown on land owned by a Jew…
- 21.It is permitted to cut a fruit even though…
- 22.A father must train his young children not to…
- 23.It is permitted to give shevi'it fruit to an…
- 24.One should not make preserves from fruits ordinarily eaten…
- 25.One who makes fruit preserves from peels that have…
- 26.It is forbidden to mix shevi'it fruit with something…
- 27.Some say one should not leave food scraps in…
- 28.One who eats compote containing fruit that has the…
- 29.One eats fruits and vegetables of shevi'it in his…
- 30.It is permitted to wash pots and plates containing…
- 31.It is permitted to cook vegetable soup from shevi'it…
- 32.It is permitted to eat a raw carrot, and…
- 33.Oil from shevi'it remaining after frying may not be…
- 34.Canned products that contain the taste of fruits that…
- 35.Bones cooked with fruits or vegetables that have the…
- 36.A cooked dish containing vegetables that have the sanctity…
- 37.The wilted leaves that gardeners routinely cut from vegetables…
- 38.Water in which vegetables that have the sanctity of…
- 39.Pickled cucumbers pickled with various spices, one of which…
- 40.Spice plants, even though they are not eaten by…
- 41.Shevi'it spices that were used to flavor a cooked…
- 42.Fragrant shevi'it plants that still have a scent, which…
- 43.Flowers planted for ornamental purposes, whether or not they…
- 44.Spice plants planted for their scent and not for…
- 45.It is permitted to spray houses during the shemitah…
- 46.Smelling tobacco made from spice plants that budded during…
- 47.Cotton has no sanctity of shevi'it. Likewise honey extracted…
- 48.It is permitted to eat dairy products even though…
- 49.Fruit picked before the time it is fit for…
- 50.Surplus shevi'it fruit that will clearly not be eaten…
- 51.It is forbidden to sow shevi'it fruit, since shevi'it…
- 52.A mohel who wishes to use shevi'it wine during…
- 53.One who separates challah from flour of the seventh…
- 54.One fulfills the obligation of the Four Cups on…
- 55.One should be careful not to pour out shevi'it…
- 56.Some say that at the outset one should not…
- 57.It is permitted to gather mulberry leaves to feed…
- 58.One should not spoil the taste of shevi'it fruit…
- 59.It is forbidden to grease a baking pan with…
- 60.It is permitted to anoint the body with shevi'it…
- 61.One should not anoint the body with shevi'it wine…
- 62.It is permitted to use shevi'it oil to light…
- 63.It is permitted to light a memorial candle (ner…
- 64.Shevi'it-status oil grown on land owned by a non-Jew…
- 65.Chametz made from shevi'it wheat must be burned on…
- 66.Regarding shevi'it fruit that was placed under a bed…
- 67.Fruits and vegetables grown during shevi'it in greenhouses —…
+Chapter 16 — Juicing Shevi'it FruitChapter 16 — Juicing Shevi'it Fruit · 9 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to squeeze/juice shevi'it fruit not ordinarily…
- 2.If one juiced shevi'it fruit, the juice has the…
- 3.It is permitted to juice shevi'it oranges, lemons, and…
- 4.It is permitted to squeeze a lemon to make…
- 5.The custom nowadays is to be lenient and make…
- 6.All other fruits may be crushed/pureed as long as…
- 7.It is permitted to mash a banana grown during…
- 8.It is permitted to grind garlic or onion to…
- 9.Some forbid turning a shevi'it beverage into a solid…
+Chapter 17 — The Prohibition of Trading in Shevi'it FruitChapter 17 — The Prohibition of Trading in Shevi'it Fruit · 17 seifim
- 1.It is stated in the Torah: "and the Sabbath…
- 2.Indeed, in shemitah stores one finds fruits and vegetables…
- 3.The prohibition of trading in shevi'it fruit applies also…
- 4.The money with which shevi'it fruit is bought has…
- 5.It is permitted for a person to hire himself…
- 6.If one wishes to sell a small amount of…
- 7.If most of the fruit belongs to non-Jews, or…
- 8.Shevi'it money should not be used to pay off…
- 9.One should not fulfill the mitzvah of "mishloach manot"…
- 10.One who received mishloach manot from a fellow may…
- 11.Likewise it is forbidden to send a wedding gift…
- 12.One should not give shevi'it fruit to his laborers…
- 13.Just as it is forbidden to trade in shevi'it…
- 14.One who buys shevi'it fruit on credit — meaning…
- 15.In a place where there is a prohibition against…
- 16.One who trades in shevi'it fruit and has no…
- 17.Shevi'it fruit may not be taken out of the…
+Chapter 18 — Otzar Beit Din (The Rabbinical Court's Produce Reserve)Chapter 18 — Otzar Beit Din (The Rabbinical Court's Produce Reserve) · 7 seifim
- 1.It has already been explained that it is forbidden…
- 2.Even nowadays there is an otzar beit din, with…
- 3.One who owns an orchard — some say it…
- 4.Even though it is forbidden to harvest and gather…
- 5.Agents of the court may measure and weigh shevi'it…
- 6.What the otzar beit din collects in money is…
- 7.Shevi'it fruit in the possession of the otzar beit…
+Chapter 19 — Terumot and Ma'aserot in Shevi'it FruitChapter 19 — Terumot and Ma'aserot in Shevi'it Fruit · 4 seifim
- 1.The shemitah year is ownerless, and there is no…
- 2.Fruit of a non-Jew grown on land he purchased…
- 3.When separating terumah and ma'aser from shevi'it fruit grown…
- 4.Anything whose initial growth occurred after Rosh Hashanah and…
+Chapter 20 — The Four Species During the Shemitah YearChapter 20 — The Four Species During the Shemitah Year · 19 seifim
- 1.There is no sanctity of shevi'it in the lulav;…
- 2.The aravah (willow) has no sanctity of shevi'it, since…
- 3.Some say hadassim (myrtle) have the sanctity of shevi'it,…
- 4.Hadassim coming from a Jew's field that was worked…
- 5.It is permitted to cook myrtle leaves as a…
- 6.It is permitted to place hadassim in water during…
- 7.We have already explained above that the custom in…
- 8.An etrog of shevi'it is valid for the mitzvah,…
- 9.An etrog that was the size of a bean…
- 10.It is permitted to handle a shevi'it etrog with…
- 11.We have already explained that an etrog that budded…
- 12.One who buys a lulav and etrog from an…
- 13.It is permitted to hang a shevi'it etrog to…
- 14.A shevi'it etrog that is shemurah or worked on…
- 15.If one has an old etrog whose time has…
- 16.Etrogim of the Land of Israel from the shemitah…
- 17.Etrogim coming from otzar beit din carry no concern…
- 18.It has already been explained above that it is…
- 19.It is permitted to irrigate the etrog tree with…
+Chapter 21 — Laws of the Removal (Biur) of Shevi'it FruitChapter 21 — Laws of the Removal (Biur) of Shevi'it Fruit · 15 seifim
- 1.Shevi'it fruit is permitted to be eaten as long…
- 2.The obligation of biur applies only to fruits and…
- 3.Rice, millet, panic grass, sesame, and Egyptian beans, which…
- 4.The obligation of biur applies only to fruits and…
- 5.Citrus fruits, such as lemon, orange, and grapefruit, that…
- 6.The declaration of ownerlessness applies only to the yevul…
- 7.After the time of biur, if he did not…
- 8.The prohibition against eating shevi'it fruit after biur applies…
- 9.The sanctity of shevi'it applies only to fruit grown…
- 10.The declaration of ownerlessness must be made before three…
- 11.Even after the above biur — where he declared…
- 12.One who has animal feed in his house, and…
- 13.Just as the obligation of biur applies to shevi'it…
- 14.Fruit whose time of biur is not clearly known…
- 15.Since the advice mentioned in the previous seif —…
+Chapter 22 — The Mitzvah of Biur for Shevi'it WineChapter 22 — The Mitzvah of Biur for Shevi'it Wine · 9 seifim
- 1.In the eighth year one must fulfill the mitzvah…
- 2.One who forgot and did not remove the wine…
- 3.The manner of biur is that he declares the…
- 4.One fulfills the obligation of the Four Cups on…
- 5.If one remembers that he did not declare the…
- 6.Shevi'it wine made from grapes grown on land owned…
- 7.Shevi'it wine that was declared ownerless on the eve…
- 8.It is good to be stringent that after declaring…
- 9.If Pesach passed and he did not declare the…
+Chapter 23 — The Prohibition of Sfichin (Aftergrowth)Chapter 23 — The Prohibition of Sfichin (Aftergrowth) · 17 seifim
- 1.Sfichin are all types of grain, legumes, and vegetables…
- 2.Nevertheless, those sfichin intended for eating were forbidden only…
- 3.Vegetables grown on land sold to a non-Jew during…
- 4.Seeds that developed while stored in a warehouse and…
- 5.Tree fruit has no decree of sfichin, since the…
- 6.Likewise bananas have no decree of sfichin, even though…
- 7.Multi-year perennial shrubs that yield fruit for more than…
- 8.Smoking tobacco has no sanctity of shevi'it, and consequently…
- 9.Flowers, whether planted for their scent or planted merely…
- 10.Some say mint has the prohibition of sfichin, since…
- 11.We have already explained above that mint leaves grown…
- 12.The prohibition of sfichin applies only to human food,…
- 13.Vegetables that grew in the sixth year and continued…
- 14.Vegetables that grew and began developing in the sixth…
- 15.Growth forbidden due to sfichin — it is a…
- 16.Vegetables sown and picked during the seventh year are…
- 17.Until when are sfichin of shevi'it forbidden at the…
+Chapter 25 — The Heter Mechirah During Shevi'itChapter 25 — The Heter Mechirah During Shevi'it · 13 seifim
- 1.There is no doubt that it is proper and…
- 2.Fruit grown on land sold to a non-Jew has…
- 3.A fruit and vegetable store whose owner is God-fearing…
- 4.Owners of fields and vineyards who rely on the…
- 5.Some say that once the land has been sold…
- 6.A wife who wishes to be lenient and rely…
- 7.One who was accustomed to buy only from shemitah-observant…
- 8.One who is accustomed to be lenient during the…
- 9.One who does not rely on the heter mechirah…
- 10.Fruit growing on land owned by a Jew sold…
- 11.Even those originally from Ashkenazic lands need not be…
- 12.Even one who does not rely on the heter…
- 13.One who is careful about shevi'it fruit and does…