[Avodah] Shehecheyanu for shmitta

[Michael Poppers]

RMarBl replied to me:
>>  What about shmittas k'safim -- isn't it a "mitzvah related to
shemitta"? <<
> According to most Rishonim Shemitas Kesafim is only at the end of the
shmitta year, ... <
Granted.
> ...to make a beracha now on shemittas kesafim would not
really make sense. <
Not granted ;-).  As you just wrote, "shmittah" is applicable over the
entire *year* -- that is its "z'man."  The b'rachah of "shehecheyanu,"
needless to say, relates to "z'man hazeh."  If one argues, and you're
quoting RSZA as having thus argued, that we should have in mind the mitzvos
related to "shmittah," shouldn't we (at least possibly) have in mind any
and all such mitzvos, whenever during the "z'man" they 'activate,' such
that a chutznik should have in mind shmittas k'safim?  All this aside,
perhaps it's appropriate (again, just arguing l'shitas RSZA for now) for a
chutznik to have in mind all the mitzvos that *any member of K'lal Yisrael*
may be able to fulfill during the above-mentioned "z'man," regardless of
whether he personally will fulfill them b'yadayim?  Thanks.

All the best from
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager
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