[Avodah] shemitta flowers

[Eli Turkel]

>
> Is it possible that other people have other data, suggesting that Rav
> Belsky's "30%" figure is unduly high and alarmist? For example, I have
> learned elsewhere that Hilchos Shemittah only applies to *fragrant* flowers.
> Could it be that Rav Belsky's "30%" includes non-fragrant flowers, and that
> the actual percentage of fragrant Israeli flowers is negligible?
>
> Akiva Miller
>
>
I confess ignorance to Sheitta laws, but isn't shemitta a function of peiros
not flowers?
IIRC last shemitta we had to dispose of Esroggim properly but not hadassim -
which DO have a fragrance. And re: Lulav v'arava we also did nothing special
implying no kedushas shevi'is.>>

In fact I believe that ROY does allow the normal use of flowers during shemitta
though others include fragrant flowers within the halachot of shemitta


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Eli Turkel