Page 13 - HaMizrachi Australia Sukkot 5781

1. Try to eat as much of the fruit or 6. Do not extinguish a havdalah produce, strengthen Israeli agriculture
vegetable as possible – and rejoice candle by dipping it in Shemitta and fulfill the great and holy mitzvah
in the great merit to eat crops wine. of Shemitta!
with Shemitta sanctity!
A person who uses Shemitta produce
2. Edible leftovers must be put in in the usual way and takes care to pre-
a bag before being placed in the serve the remains correctly observes Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon is Head of Mizrachi’s
garbage or in a separate Shemitta the law of maintaining Shemitta Educational Advisory Board and Rabbinic
recepticle. sanctity. Although this requires cau- Council. He serves as the Rabbi of the Gush
tion and awareness of the various Etzion Regional Council.
3. Non-edible scraps (like orange solutions, the effort is worthwhile
peels) may be discarded, and and not as difficult as it may seem.
small bits of residue on pots and Enjoy one of the great miracles of our
plates which are usually washed generation – that we can eat Shemitta
off in the faucet may be washed
as usual.
4. When soup or broth is cooked
with a Shemitta vegetable, the
whole mixture (and the liquid)
acquires Shemitta status. Try
to finish the soup to the
end and put what is left
in a bag in the trash.
5. Do not cook or mash
things that are not
usually cooked or
mashed, though
it seems that
today you can
mash almost
any fruit or veg-
etable because
this is common
in many places.

| 13