Cooking Shemitah fruits
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Question
If there is a food that most people eat raw, but many customarily cook it, is it permitted during the Shemitah year?
Answer
A form of use that many are accustomed to (the way the fruit is eaten—raw or cooked), even if the majority of people do not eat it that way, is considered a normal manner of eating.
Source
Jerusalem Talmud (Shevi'it 8:2); Rambam (Shemita 5:3); Chazon Ish (Shevi'it, siman 25, se'if katan 32); Zimra LeShimcha (Shemita, issue 3).
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