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Olives: from when may they be taken in Shemittah?

to eat, or as oil for the skin — never wasted

As olives ripen, the oil grows

Today: 20–35% of the olive's weight

A se'ah of olives — how much oil?

Se'ahabout 8½ liters of olives (shiurim differ)
Revi'isa quarter-log — 96 in a se'ah
4 revi'is = log · 4 log = kav · 6 kav = se'ah
Chatzi logtwo revi'is — 48 in a se'ah

A revi'is from a se'ah: crack them and eat, in the field

Half a log: crush them, and anoint himself in the field

A third: crush in the field — and bring them home

In the other years: ma'aser from a third

All other fruit trees: Shemittah follows the ma'aser season

only figs, grapes and olives were eaten early

General ruleas their season for tithes, so their season for Sheviis:
Usually a third grown
Sheviis 4:9

When You May Eat Sheviis Olives

זֵיתֵי שְׁבִיעִית
זֵיתִים, מִשֶּׁיַּכְנִיסוּ רְבִיעִית לִסְאָה, פּוֹצֵעַ וְאוֹכֵל בַּשָּׂדֶה.
הִכְנִיסוּ חֲצִי לֹג, כּוֹתֵשׁ וְסָךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה.
הִכְנִיסוּ שְׁלִישׁ, כּוֹתֵשׁ בַּשָּׂדֶה וְכוֹנֵס לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ.
וְכֵן כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶם בִּשְׁאָר שְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעַ, חַיָּבִים בְּמַעַשְׂרוֹת.
וּשְׁאָר כָּל פֵּרוֹת הָאִילָן, כְּעוֹנָתָן לַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת, כֵּן עוֹנָתָן לַשְּׁבִיעִית:
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