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For any item that can become permitted, i.e., a forbidden object whose prohibition can or will lapse, For example: untithed produce that can be permitted through tithing, and second tithe that is permitted through redemption or bringing it to Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 14:24–26), and consecrated items
The Rabbis said to R' Shimon: But isn’t Sabbatical-Year produce an item that cannot become permitted, and nevertheless, the rabbis did not determine a measure for its neutralization, as we learned in a Mishnah (Shevi’it 7:7): The Sabbatical-Year produce prohibits permitted produce of its own species
However, with regard to the permissibility of eating Sabbatical-Year produce after the time of removal has passed, when eating that produce is prohibited, the rabbis determined a measure for their neutralization. The mixture is forbidden only if the measure of that produce is enough to impart flavo
Rather, Yishmael of Kefar Yamma resolved his dilemma from this source, as we learned in a Mishnah (Shevi’it 6:3): With regard to 6th-year onions upon which rain fell during the Sabbatical Year, and they sprouted, if their leaves were black [sheḥorin], i.e., dark green, an indication of fresh, rece
R' Ḥanina ben Antigonus says: There is a different indicator; if the plants can be uprooted by their leaves, clearly the leaves are fresh and recent, and they are forbidden. And in the parallel situation, if that indicator was discovered in a Sabbatical-Year onion that sprouted at the conclusion o