[Avodah] heter mechira produce

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:51:09PM +0200, Shoshana L. Boublil wrote:
: I also recall a lecture many years ago, in which the basic issue with regard 
: to Heter Mechira was whether or not Shmitta was D'Oraita or DeRabanan in our 
: times...

I have an entry on he question of whether din derabbanan has the
same mamashus, chalos, ontology, whatever you want to call it, at
<http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/07/safeiq-derabbanan.shtml>. It's
primarily from a shiur by RARakeffet. There seems to be two sides to a
very old machloqes. Among the fallout would be whether following shemittah
derabbanan comes with the Torah's berakhah. (Also touched would be the
question of why safeiq derabannan lequlah, given that it is a safeiq in
lo sasur.)

However, even with the CI believing that the heter mechirah was redundant
since the berakhah would take care of parnasah (and this is a documented
exception to ein somechin al haneis), he was a strong proponent of the
otzar beis din -- itself a kulah.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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