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Does Orlah apply to blueberries
The Institute for Torah and the Land of Israel studies this sort of issues, they have an interesting writeup and conclude orlah applies to blueberries (but read the full writeup which is quite ...
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Making buildings out of Orlah tree wood
Mishnah, Orlah 1:9:
נוֹטְעִין יִחוּר שֶׁל עָרְלָה
One may plant a branch of an orlah tree
and Bartenura there:
שהעץ מותר בהנאה
because the wood is permissible for benefit
This is codified in ...
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Are goji berries subject to Orlah
The Institute for Torah and the Land of Israel has an analysis, the following is my summary:
According to the Radbaz (שו"ת הרדב"ז, ח"ג סי' תקלא), if a plant bears fruit in less than a ...
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Making buildings out of Orlah tree wood
The basic approach to this is in the opening Mishnah of Masechta Orla which implies it boils down to intent:
הַנּוֹטֵעַ לִסְיָג וּלְקוֹרוֹת, פָּטוּר מִן הָעָרְלָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ ...
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