<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">from hakhel---</font>
<br><font size=2><tt><br>
“Question:<br>
I have a bottle of Carmel wine in my house that has been sitting there
for a few years now. There is no hechsher on it, but says that it
is ‘yivul shevi’is, al pi heter mechira-Rabbanut Reishit.’ What
can I do with it?<br>
<br>
“Answer:<br>
There is a mitzvah called ‘bi’ur’. This means that once produce
is no longer available in the field in the Shemittah year, one must remove
this type of food from his house. With respect to wine, the time
for bi’ur is Pesach of the eighth year (5769). If a person receives
or accidentally buys a bottle of heter mechirah wine after this time, he
may not drink it or give it to anybody. The forbidden wine should
not be poured down the drain, as this degrades its sanctity. Rather,
it should be poured out over a non-fertile area far from trees and plants,
in order not to benefit from it. The wine you have is from last Shemittah,
so the time of bi’ur has certainly arrived, and you must dispose of it
properly, as set forth above.” </tt></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
</font><font size=1 face="Arial">question--- the wine that is past
biur, it would be muttar if it was not hetter mechira? why did they
bring that in? was it to say that it was assur both before AND after
biur?</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="Arial">are there any bnai tora [as oppossed to amcha
or amaratzim] who are holding by hetter mechira?</font>