Shemitta Live – Produce Status & Instructions

How To use this page

Click on the picture of the produce to check its current halachic status and instructions which are regularly updated.

Produce with status A is free from Shemitta concern. Users should remember to Maaser. Click here for Federation’s MaaserText service.
Produce with statuses B, C & D are classified as Shemitta produce. Time of year and produce type will define how to treat the produce.

produce available in the UK

Some produce sold in the UK is more frequently produce of Eretz Yisroel; other types of produce will very rarely be supplied from Eretz Yisroel.

If you are aware of Israeli produce currently on sale in UK supermarkets, please let us know by clicking here.

ALMOND

ALOYSIA (FRESH DRIED)

ALOYSIA (FRESH LEAVES)

ANISEED

APPLE

APRICOT

ARTICHOKE

ASPARAGUS

AUBERGINE

AVOCADO

BANANA

BARLEY

BASIL (DRY)

BASIL (FRESH)

BEANS (LARGE DRIED)

BEAN PODS

BEETROOT

BLACK EYED BEANS

BLACK EYED PEA – FRESH (PODS)

BLUEBERRIES

BROCCOLI

BUTTERNUT SQUASH

CABBAGE (RED)

CABBAGE (WHITE)

CARAWAY SEEDS

CARROT

CAULIFLOWER

CELERY LEAVES

CELERY ROOTS

CHARD

CHERRY

CHICK-PEAS

CHILLY PEPPER (GREEN)

CHILLY PEPPER (RED)

CHIVES

CLEMENTINE

CORIANDER

COURGETTE

CORN

CUCUMBER

DATE

DILL

DRAGON FRUIT

ESROG

FEIJOA

FENNEL

FIG

GARLIC

GRAPEFRUIT

GRAPES

GREEN PEAS IN POD

GUAVA

HERBAL MEDICINE

HORSERADDISH

KIWI

KOHLRABI

KUMQUAT

LEEK

LEMON

LETTUCE

LIME

LOQUAT

LYCHEE

MANDARIN

MACADAMIA

MANGO

MELON

MINT FRESH

MUSHROOM

NECTARINE

ORKA

ONIONS

OLIVE

ORANGES

OREGANO (FRESH)

PAPAYA

PAPRIKA

PARSLEY (DRY)

PARSLEY LEAVES

PARSLEY STALKS

PASSION FRUIT

PEACH

PEANUT

PEAR

PECAN

PEPPER

PERSIMMON/ SHARON FRUIT

PINEAPPLE

PISTACHIO

PLUM (EUROPEAN)

PLUM (JAPANESE)

POMEGRANATE

POMELO

POPCORN

POTATO

PRICKLY PEAR /SABRA

PUMPKIN SEEDS

QUINCE

RADDISH

ROSEMARY (DRY)

SPINACH

SPRING ONION

STAR FRUIT

STRAWBERRY

SUNFLOWER SEEDS

SWEET CORN

SWEET POTATO

SUNFLOWERS

THYME (DRY)

THYME (FRESH)

TOMATO

TURNIP

WALNUT

WATERMELON

WATERMELON SEEDS

WHEAT

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Credits & source:

Produce status as listed on this page is based on information published by the בית המדרש להלכה בהתיישבות under the direction of HaRav Yosef Efrati שליט”א. The organisation’s Shemitta Luach is available here. Where appropriate, the information has been slightly changed to reflect the reality of the supply to UK.