Halakhah for Sheviit 7:1

כְּלָל גָּדוֹל אָמְרוּ בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, כָּל שֶׁהוּא מַאֲכַל אָדָם וּמַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה, וּמִמִּין הַצּוֹבְעִים, וְאֵינוֹ מִתְקַיֵּם בָּאָרֶץ, יֶשׁ לוֹ שְׁבִיעִית וּלְדָמָיו שְׁבִיעִית, יֶשׁ לוֹ בִּעוּר וּלְדָמָיו בִּעוּר. וְאֵיזֶה זֶה, עֲלֵה הַלּוּף הַשּׁוֹטֶה, וַעֲלֵה הַדַּנְדַּנָּה, הָעֻלְשִׁין, וְהַכְּרֵשִׁין, וְהָרְגִילָה, וְנֵץ הֶחָלָב. וּמַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה, הַחוֹחִים וְהַדַּרְדָּרִים. וּמִמִּין הַצּוֹבְעִים, סְפִיחֵי אִסְטִיס, וְקוֹצָה. יֶשׁ לָהֶם שְׁבִיעִית וְלִדְמֵיהֶן שְׁבִיעִית, יֶשׁ לָהֶם בִּעוּר וְלִדְמֵיהֶן בִּעוּר:

An important rule that they [the Sages] said regarding the Sabbatical year: anything that is human food or animal food or from a species [of plant] used for dying if it does not last [if left] in the field, [the laws of] the Sabbatical year apply to it and [the laws of] the Sabbatical year apply to its money [exchanged for it], [the laws of] <i>Bi'ur</i> [requirement to destroy Sabbatical produce when it is no longer readily available] apply to it and [the laws of] <i>Bi'ur</i> apply to its money. And what [is considered human food]? The leaf of <i>Scolopendrium Hemionitis</i> and the leaf of <i>Ceterach</i> and endive and leeks and purslane and <i>Netz HeChalav</i> [unknown plant]. And [what is considered] animal food? Thorns and thistles. And [what is considered] a species [of plant] used for dying? Woad [used to make blue dye] and madder [used to make red dye]. [The laws of] the Sabbatical year apply to them and [the laws of] the Sabbatical year apply to their money, [the laws of] <i>Bi'ur</i> apply to them and [the laws of <i>Bi'ur</i> apply to their money.

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