Feeding Rotten Shemitah Fruits to a Rabbit
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Question
Leftover vegetables that have slightly rotted and no one eats them anymore, can I feed them to our rabbit?
Answer
Shemitah fruits that have become unfit for human consumption may be fed to animals.
Source
Jerusalem Talmud (Shevi'it, Chapter 7, Halacha 1); Chazon Ish (Shevi'it, Chapters 13 and 14); Azmera Leshimcha (Shmita, Issue 3).
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