THE BAIS HAVAAD HALACHA JOURNAL: Volume 5776 Issue I Yom Kippur- Succos How to Purchase Daled Minim Grown During Shemita Part II Practical Applications of Prohibitions Associated with Produce Grown During Shemita By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunwald

n Part 1 of this article we concluded that of the seven prohibitions associated with produce grown on Shemita, a reliable Hechsher will assure that two of the prohibitions have been properly dealt with according to Halacha. They are Ne’evad - doing certain Avodos – farming activities with Sheviis crops and Shomur - where the owner guards his crops and displays ownership of them. The remaining five prohibitions can be problematic even when the Daled Minim bear a reliable Hashgacha. Let us examine each of the Daled Minim and how the remaining five prohibitions can apply to them.