[Avodah] Shmittah

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

Rabbi Arie Folger told a story, and wrote:
> ... clearly that sale was a real sale. That story, however,
> should illustrate one aspect of a real sale, that the price
> is realistic. Selling the land without the slightest appraisal,
> for a peruttah, seems like an asmachta. I hope and expect that
> the Chief Rabbinate of Israel conducts at least some crude
> appraisal.

The point of your story, it seems, was to illustrate that one should not sell something for a token amount, but rather for its true value. If so, then I have to ask: Do you sell require an appraisal of the chometz that is sold before Pesach? If not, I don't understand why you are making a distinction between karka and m'taltelin.

Akiva Miller