Opinion & Comment
Problematic Shemittah Wine

Letter to the Editor

I am writing to bring to the public's attention and remind it- -particularly following Purim--to take note of the bottles of wine received in the mishloach manos. Personally I received several bottles of wine with a Badatz Eida Chareidis hechsher including the words "yivul nochri" in small print. Some just say "yivul n." Unfortunately one of these bottles was also opened through a lack of attentiveness.

As is known, according to the Chazon Ish zt'l, this wine has kedushas shevi'is and must be destroyed because the time of biyur has passed and therefore it is ossur behano'oh.

Velemazhir velanizhar shlomim tein kemei nohor.

David Avieli

Ramat Aharon, Bnei Brak

Editor's Note: We have also received reports of wine that was prepared for export to America with an English label that says on it: "N. Harvest." The meaning of this is also that it was grown during shevi'is by non-Jews. According to the Chazon Ish, such wine has kedushas shevi'is.

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