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There is an article about this topic by <font size=3>Rabbi Yirmiyohu
Kaganoff at
<a href="http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2010/11/chodosh-in-chul/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/2010/11/chodosh-in-chul/</a><br><br>
In part he writes<br><br>
Other authorities permitted the chutz la’aretz grain, relying on the
minority of early poskim who treat chodosh as a mitzvah that applies only
in Eretz Yisrael (Taz; Aruch Hashulchan). This is based on a Gemara that
states that when something has not been ruled definitively, one may rely
on a minority opinion under extenuating circumstances (Niddah 9b).
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and<br><br>
Another halachic basis to permit use of the new grain is that chodosh
applies only to grain that grows in a field owned by a Jew, and not to
grain grown in a field owned by a non-Jew. Since most fields are owned by
gentiles, one can be lenient when one does not know the origin of the
grain and assume that it was grown in a gentile’s field, and it is
therefore exempt from chodosh laws. This last approach, often referred to
simply as “the Bach’s heter,” is the basis upon which most Ashkenazic
Jewry relied. <br><br>
<b>In Conclusion<br>
</b>In explaining the reason for this mitzvah, Rav Hirsch notes that one
of man’s greatest enemies is success, for at that moment man easily
forgets his Creator and views himself as master of his own success and
his own destiny. For this reason, the Torah created several mitzvos whose
goal is to remind and discipline us to always recognize Hashem’s role.
Among these is the mitzvah of chodosh, wherein we are forbidden from
consuming the new grain until the offering of the korban omer, which
thereby reminds us that this year’s crop is all only because of Hashem
(Horeb, Section 2 Chapter 42). Whether one follows the Bach’s approach to
the chodosh laws or not, one should make note every time he sees a
reference to yoshon and chodosh to recognize that success is our enemy,
and humility is our savior. <br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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