[Chodosh] Chodosh NEXT season

[Y Herman]

I have just received the weekly crop report from the US Dep't of
Agriculture. An interesting halachic situation seems to be in the making
for oats this coming season. As of 2 weeks ago (Apr 10) only 38% of the new
oats were planted. As of the end of the past week (Apr 17) 56% were
planted! This enters into a halachic dispute. To be Yoshon, the crop must
have taken root before the 2nd day of pesach. According to one opinion,
this means it should be in the ground at least 3 days before this date.
According to this approach, oats will be MAJORITY Yoshon next season.
However, according to the other opinion, to be Yoshon, the crop must be in
the ground at least 2 weeks before the 2nd day of pesach. Since 2 weeks
before, only 38% of the oats were planted, most of the crop would be
Chodosh. The next relevant weekly crop report is due on Monday chol hamoed
pesach. After pesach this halachic issue will need to be addressed by
poskim.

The planting of the other 2 crops, spring wheat and barley is lagging
behind. It so far seems unlikely that these will be mostly planted even
only 3 days before the deadline.

I hope to issue further updates after yom tov.

Chag kosher v'someach
Yoseph Herman
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