[Avodah] planting during shmitta permitted

[Arie Folger]

On Sunday, 27. January 2008 20.23:54 avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org wrote:
> This article states that Rav Avraham Yosef, the head of the rabbinate
> shmitta committee, permitted planting (al y'dei goy) in some of the
> areas which were heavily damaged in last week's frost. If this land
> is under the heter mikhira (HM), why is a special heter needed? If
> the land is under the ozer beit din, is this throwing issurim out the
> window without even a HM to be somekh on?

Sefardim hold by the BY's opinion that shemittah nowadays is rabbinic. Hence 
we have a shvut deshvut bishe'at hade'haq.

KNLAD
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Arie Folger
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