What is 'Otzar Beit Din'?
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What is Otzar Beit Din?
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Fruits from Otzar Beit Din have the sanctity of the Shemitah year and are exempt from tithes. There are kashrut committees that market these fruits under their supervision, and to avoid the prohibition of commerce and harvesting in large quantities, this is done in the form of Otzar Beit Din. This means that all fruits are declared ownerless, and the Beit Din takes them under its jurisdiction and hires workers to perform the permitted actions during the Shemitah. The payment when purchasing from Otzar Beit Din is for the expenses of the Beit Din in handling the fruits, not for the fruit itself. This assists farmers in observing the Shemitah properly by becoming workers of the Beit Din.
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