Cooking Water
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Question
Is it necessary to keep the cooking water of vegetables or fruits sanctified with the holiness of Shemitah?
Answer
The water in which Shemitah vegetables or fruits were cooked must be kept with the holiness of Shemitah if the amount of fruit or vegetable is more than one-sixtieth of the entire pot. However, if it is a vegetable that can impart flavor to everything cooked in the pot, such as celery root or parsley root, or herbs, etc., everything is forbidden even if there is not sixty in the pot. Similarly, if potatoes or something else were cooked in the pot and the taste of the water is bland, they do not have holiness.
Source
Rambam (Shemitah, Chapter 7, Halachot 21-22; Chapter 5, Halacha 22); Rema (Yoreh De'ah, Siman 98, Se'if 8); Azmera Leshimcha (Shemitah, Issue 3).
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