"No one can benefit or hurt either himself or anyone else except with the permission of the Creator."375 Why fear when you know the one who loves you the most is in complete control. Smile now because you know it will work out in the end.
17 Non-Food Products
Other than food, many other products made from plants grown in Eretz Yisrael also have Shemittah sanctity. These include plants grown for animal food, for lamp-lighting oil, to make natural dyes or cleansing agents, as well as fragrant flowers and spices. These uses are considered human benefit as well.
Unscented flowers do not have Shemittah sanctity. They may be discarded in the usual manner after use. (Nevertheless, some point out that one should ideally not buy items which were wrongly cultivated and/or guarded in violation of the laws of Shemittah. Many flower merchants for this reason obtain a hechsher on the unscented flowers which they selling, attesting that they were grown in accordance with the laws of Shemittah.)
Exporting Shemittah Food
Shemittah food may not be taken out of Eretz Yisrael, with the exception of a traveler who is taking a small amount of food with him to eat on his trip. Many Poskim also permit exporting esrogim, when Jews living in other parts of the world need these esrogim to perform the mitzvah on Succos, during the Succos following Shemittah.