Planting in a Non-Perforated Pot
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Question
Is it permissible to plant during the Shemitah in a non-perforated pot [no hole at the bottom]?
Answer
It is forbidden, see sources.
Source
In the Talmud regarding Shabbat and many laws, we find that the sages decreed also concerning a non-perforated pot that rabbinically it is considered as growing in the ground, so as not to err with a perforated pot. We do not find explicit mention regarding Shemitah, but it seems this is also the law concerning Shemitah. See Radbaz (Shemitah, ch. 1, halacha 6); Chazon Ish (Shevi'it, ch. 22, sec. 1; ch. 26, sec. 4); Azmera Leshimcha (Gilayon Shemitah 1).
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