[Avodah] Shehecheyanu for shmitta

[Michael Poppers]

In Avodah Digest V23#192, RMarBl wrote:
> RSZA is quoted in Hlaichos Shlomo that when Rosh Hashana is starting the
shmitta year a person should have kavana when he says shehecheyanu in
kiddush for shmitta as well. Shmitta is a mitzva that comes periodically
and therefore falls under the rubric of shehecheyanu. We should have in
mind the miztvos that we will do during shmitta when we
make the beracha. It would seem that this only applies only to people
living in Israel where shmitta is applicable. <
and in the subsequent digest, wrote in response to RDI:
> It is not b'feirush (see Halichos Shlomo Moadim Rosh Hashana - Purim
chapter 1 sif 16 devar halacha 22 footnote 65). He writes that the beracha
is because we are zoche to be mekayem many mitzvos related to shemitta, we
have the shabbas haaretz, kedushas peiros, etc. People in
chutz laaretz are not mekayem these mitzvos, don't eat peiros with kedushas
sheviis, etc.  and therefore I thought that the beracha would not apply to
them <
What about shmittas k'safim -- isn't it a "mitzvah related to shemitta"?
Thanks.

G'mar chasimah tovah and all the best from
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager
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