Filtering Wine of the Seventh Year
Question
When preparing wine of the seventh year, is it permissible to thoroughly filter out the sediment, even if it results in some loss of wine?
Answer
It is permissible to filter wine from the sediment even if it results in a slight loss of wine.
Source
Tosefta (Terumot, Chapter 1, Halacha 11); see Rambam (Terumot, Chapter 11, Halacha 5); Azmera Leshimcha (Shmita, Issue 3).
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