[Avodah] kosher cabbage

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From: "Prof. Levine" _Larry.Levine at stevens.edu_ 
(mailto:Larry.Levine at stevens.edu) 

>>>   The conclusions at  the end of the article at  
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/faxes/rmjBroydeTerumah.pdf that Chana  
Luntz referred us to really sum up this issue. ...
 

.... (f) For the year 5754 (1993-1994) there might be no  obligation
because it is a shemita year.




>>>>
Produce grown in a shmittah  year raises a host of other questions,  
besides terumos uma'asros, giving greater force to the statement quoted in Rav  
Schwab's name, "If you buy a pound of Israeli tomatoes you buy a pound of  
problems."  (Something like that.)  
 
The farmer who grew the produce maybe should not have done so, and there is 
 then a question of whether the produce may be eaten.  And if it may be  
eaten, does it have kedushas shevi'is, necessitating extra care and knowledge 
in  the disposal of waste?  
 
I sort of feel the way Prof Levine does, that I lack the knowledge and  
experience to handle Israeli fruits and vegetables, so on the rare occasion 
that  I see Israeli oranges or peppers in the supermarket, I avoid buying them. 
  However, I try to buy Israeli goods whenever I can, and almost all canned 
and  packaged products from Israel do have good hechsherim.
 


--Toby Katz
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