Dish with Shemitah Hot Pepper
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Question
I cooked a hot pepper in a very small quantity in a dish to give it spiciness. What is the status of the dish?
Answer
It should be kept with the sanctity of the Shemitah year, even if there is not sixty in the pot, because something added for taste is not nullified in sixty.
Source
Rambam (Shemitah, Chapter 7, Laws 21-22); Rema (Yoreh De'ah, Siman 98, Paragraph 8); Azmera Leshimcha (Shemitah, Issue 3).
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