A person who does not understand the affairs of the world thinks that it is the new, created cause that effects change in things and their transformation from one state to another. Actually, the cause is too weak and insignificant to bring about change or transformation in the essence of things.
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Otzar Beis Din I
Produce that grows during Shemittah is available for all Jews to take. One way that many people get Shemittah produce to eat is through the Otzar Beis Din (literally, the Beis Din Court’s storehouse) distribution system. Beis Din, in their role of caring for the public good, hires workers to pick the ownerless Shemittah foods growing in the orchards and fields, and bring them to storage facilities in the cities where people live. The collected produce is then distributed to the public. People who receive this produce share in the expenses needed to get these foods to the cities, for example the costs of harvesting, transportation, and storage. If Beis Din would not arrange that Shemittah foods be brought to the cities, many people would find it difficult if not impossible to travel to the fields where these fruits grow in order to collect them to eat. Through the Otzar Beis Din system, many more people can easily get the ownerless Shemittah foods that are available.
Otzar Beis Din II
Otzar Beis Din produce has Shemittah sanctity; so it may not be wasted, or used in an unusual way. Since it is Shemittah produce, this food also may not be sold commercially. Beis Din’s workers do not distribute the produce in the regular ways that commercial produce is normally sold.
The money paid by the people who receive this produce is to cover the cost of the expenses of distribution. It is not a payment for the food itself, and the monies paid to Otzar Beis Din thus do not become sanctified demei Shevi’is (Shemittah payment monies, discussed in a previous article).
Produce that grows during Shemittah is available for all Jews to take. One way that many people get Shemittah produce to eat is through the Otzar Beis Din (literally, the Beis Din Court’s storehouse) distribution system. Beis Din, in their role of caring for the public good, hires workers to pick the ownerless Shemittah foods growing in the orchards and fields, and bring them to storage facilities in the cities where people live. The collected produce is then distributed to the public. People who receive this produce share in the expenses needed to get these foods to the cities, for example the costs of harvesting, transportation, and storage. If Beis Din would not arrange that Shemittah foods be brought to the cities, many people would find it difficult if not impossible to travel to the fields where these fruits grow in order to collect them to eat. Through the Otzar Beis Din system, many more people can easily get the ownerless Shemittah foods that are available.
Otzar Beis Din II
Otzar Beis Din produce has Shemittah sanctity; so it may not be wasted, or used in an unusual way. Since it is Shemittah produce, this food also may not be sold commercially. Beis Din’s workers do not distribute the produce in the regular ways that commercial produce is normally sold.
The money paid by the people who receive this produce is to cover the cost of the expenses of distribution. It is not a payment for the food itself, and the monies paid to Otzar Beis Din thus do not become sanctified demei Shevi’is (Shemittah payment monies, discussed in a previous article).