Shemitta Glossary

A Glossary of Shemitta terminology

• Biur – The mitzvah of removing certain produce from one’s house. 
• Heter Mechira – The sale of land to a non-Jew to avoid the halachic issues of Shemitta. 
• Kedushas Shevi’is – Sanctity of Shemitta produce.  
• Oitzar Beis Din– Beis Din storage which provides  Shemitta produce to the public in an efficient and halachically authorised manner. 

• Pruzbul – A document written to avoid the annulment of debts. 
• Sefichin –Vegetables grown wild by themselves or through forbidden planting. 
• Shemittas Kesofim– The automatic annulment of debts due to the Shemitta year. 
• Yevul Chutz La’Aretz – Produce grown outside Eretz Yisroel. 
• Yevul Nochri– Produce grown on non-Jewish owned land. 

• Yevul Shishis – Produce grown during the sixth year of the Shemitta cycle.