Sefichin in a Plant Harvested in the Eighth Year
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Question
Onions that grew in the seventh year and were harvested in the eighth, until when are they forbidden?
Answer
They are permitted to be eaten only when most of the onions on the market are from the eighth year's produce.
Source
Sefichin harvested in the seventh year, some are stringent and forbid them forever. Sefichin harvested after the seventh year are forbidden until similar ones grow, or after Hanukkah, even if similar ones have not grown. See Rambam (Sheviit, Chapter 4, Halacha 6-7) and Raavad (ibid.). And see Chazon Ish (Sheviit, Siman 9, Seif Katan 13, D.H. Veha Demutarin; Seif Katan 14, D.H. Ve-behu) that Rambam also agrees with Raavad that what was harvested in the seventh year is forbidden forever. Azmera LeShimcha (Shmita, Issue 5).