Spicy Item

The seventh year (Shemittah)

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Question

I cut a hot Shemitah year potato with a knife, and then I cut a sixth-year onion with this knife. Is the onion sanctified with the sanctity of the Shemitah year?

Answer

A spicy item cut with a knife that absorbed the taste of Shemitah fruits can be permitted due to several doubts.

Source

Rambam (Shemitah, Chapter 7, Halacha 21-22; Chapter 5, Halacha 22); Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De'ah, Siman 96); Azmera Lishmecha (Shemitah, Issue 3).

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