[Avodah] heter mechira produce

[David Riceman]

Goldmeier wrote:
> Does anyone know if that svara really applies and is used in piskei 
> halacha on shmitta issues?
IIRC it was used in the previous century's discussion of this issue.
>  And if not (as I think is the case), why not?
>   
I suspect this is a sociological phenomenon rather than a halachic one.  
One analogue in America is the elevation of mehitza in shul from a 
custom not even mentioned in Shulhan Aruch to the fourteenth ikkar, 
which distinguishes observant Jews from non-observant Jews.  My (North 
American) impression is that Jews in Israel are using it to distinguish 
hareidim from non-hareidim.

David Riceman