Holiness of a sabbatical year in hadassim

Question

Do hadassim (myrtle branches) acquire the holiness of a sabbatical year this year?

Answer

Hadassim, which are not used as a smelling substance, and which are planted specially to use them in the fulfillment of the commandment of the “four species”, do not acquire the holiness of a sabbatical year. But there are people who are stringent in this matter.

Source

Tzitz HaKodesh, vol. 1, ch. 15 in the name of rabbi Diskin; Derech Emunah, ch 7 in the name of the Chazon Ish

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