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Does one say "Shehecheyanu" on haadama fruit?
Gemara Eiruvin 40B: Rav Yehuda would say shehecheyanu on a new gourd.
A gourd would have the brachah of borei pri ha'adamah.
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 225:6 says that it should be a fruit that is ...
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Do Any Commentators Say Bananas were the 'forbidden fruit'?
Jewish commenters do not believe the banana to be the Forbidden Fruit, yet mention of it is made:
In the Middle Ages, the notion that the Forbidden Fruit is the banana appeared in several places. ...
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Are raisins considered one of the seven species for the purposes of prioritising brachot?
Raisins are grapes and are treated the same. That is, since you know the location of grapes in the order of precedence (one of the seven species and where grapes fall in that list) then the position ...
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When to say shehecheyanu on a new fruit?
Halachipedia has a good rundown and explains as follows:
When to make the Bracha
According to some it is preferable to say Shehecheyanu before the Bracha on the fruit, however, the minhag is to make ...
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Are the uncertified packaged pre cut vegetable and fruit platters in a non-Jewish store kosher
Here is an answer from Rabbi Eli Gersten from a previous issue of Jewish Action (OU):
If your co-workers bought a fruit platter from a supermarket, you may
partake of the fruit since you can ...
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What brachot on date honey?
OU's site (citing Rambam Berakhot 8:4) says that by default you should say shehakol, unless certain conditions are met:
Shehakol is recited over the honey of dates. Nevertheless, if one crushes dates ...
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Is fruit sold in bulk at the store kosher?
This dried fruit may or may not be kosher. The reason has nothing to do with the bins it is stored in, however. Room temperature solids are not halachaly able to render one another non-kosher, so a ...
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Understanding Bereshit 1:30
Mefarshim here:
Q1)
Shadal there (it's a really long piece, worth reading in its entirety) opposes your understanding, as he notes the opinion that animals were prohibited from eating fruit, and ...
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Is it permitted to make a Coconut Shell into a Kli (a cup) on Shabbos to drink out of it?
Living as I do on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest, I feel rather well qualified to answer this question.
A coconut shell is indeed חותלות - just as we can't eat an orange without peeling it, we can'...
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Is it required or allowed to make a שהחיינו on a highly seasonal variety of apple?
The sources are all found surrounding Shulchan Arukh OC 225:4 discussing two kinds of cherries (?) (sweet and sour?). Both the Shulchan Arukh and Rama rule that your case seemingly would get its own ...
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Do Any Commentators Say Bananas were the 'forbidden fruit'?
Apple is not a Jewish opinion. The Talmud, Sanhedrin 70a--b discusses a few options, including grapes, figs, and wheat. The Tosfos commentary there points out that the description of a tree would ...
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Al ha-eitz for flavorings/garnishes
Response to the POTENTIAL ISSUES INVOLVED:
1) Amount of food (and time) on which one makes an after-brocho. See here.
One is only obligated to make a Bracha Achrona on a food if one eats
a ...
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Shiur Brocha Achrona 2 different foods
R Chaim Gross and R Shraga Simmons answer this question in their series on blessings (here) quoting Mishna Brura 210:1
[What is the blessing if] you ate a half-kezayit of crackers and a half-...
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Why specifically a fig on shabbos?
The חידושי הריטב"א (succah 6b) explains that the Rabbis (Chachomim) assert that a kazayis is the minimum size that is fitting for eating so that became the standard for most eating related ...
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Can one prune a fruit tree?
As you are well aware, cutting down a fruit tree is subject to many prohibitions. You ask about pruning down which is more easily permissible.
ShulchanAruchHarav brings details here
Some Poskim rule ...
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What bracha to make if ate mezonos and grapes but only bentched for mezonos?
From Star K website;
If a person ate grapes and, instead of reciting “ al ha’eitz” throughout the bracha said “ al hagefen”, he is yotzeh.3 [If he ate grapes and drank wine, but recited only “ al ...
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Eating minneola’s kosher?
The question was asked in Hidabroot. The answer is:
יש איסור להרכיב שני סוגי עצי פרי זה בזה, וכמו שכתב השלחן ערוך יורה דעה
(סימן רצ"ה סעיף א') כלאי האילנות הרי הם בכלל מה שנאמר שדך לא תזרע
כלאים,...
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How could Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai eat from the carob tree?
Reminds me of this (Sanhedrin 59b -- summarized and text below):
Rabbi Shimeon ben Chalafta was walking on the road when lions met him and roared at him. Thereupon he quoted from Psalms: “The young ...
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Frozen raspberries without supervision
The CRC says in a tweet:
[T]he way the berries are processed is sufficient to clean them, as opposed to other frozen products
The CRC generally states the things that a consensus position between ...
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Did Kayin offer up honey?
According to this Parsha sheet, the source is the משך חכמה
לא קיבל מנחת קין כי היה דבש ואסור להקריב שאור ודבש, כי צריך משהו שמעורב בו מעשה אדם כסולת חיטים
Kayin's sacrifice was not accepted ...
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Blessing on Star Anise
Star anise, see the comment-section in this article where it is said that the blessing should be בורא עצי בשמים, as found in Shulchan Aruch , Orach Chayim, Siman 216.
For reference - According to ...
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Pomegranate = 613 seeds?
In the new Artscroll biography of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt"l - p.215 it notes how Rav Chaim was asked this question by Rav Zilberstein shlita.
Apparently Rav Chaim started thinking through the ...
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How do I determine kashrut status of fresh produce from Israel?
This lists the Last Dates of Kedushas Shevi’is, Sefichin and Biur 5775/5776:
http://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/3023/last-dates-of-kedushas-sheviis-sefichin-and-biur-57755776/
Here is a ...
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Is the use of the term "Glatt Kosher" a case of "Genivat Da'at"?
Not Lifnei Iver, as no one is being misled into committing a sin. One could argue that it perhaps borders on false (or ignorant) marketing, when applied to products besides meat.
However, as the ...
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Are hydroponic produce typically checked for bugs?
Hyroponically grown produce is not grown in the air, but in a medium such as rockwool with liquid either run through it, or that it sits in. Typically, this is done indoors (e.g. in a greenhouse), ...
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Gardening produce - fertilizer with blood meal, kosher?
See Mishna Yoma 5, 6:
הִזָּה עַל טָהֳרוֹ שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים, וּשְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם הָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ עַל יְסוֹד מַעֲרָבִי שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן, וְשֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן הָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ עַל ...
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What is the Beracha on Goji Berries?
According to the excellent article cited by @Kazi b there is debate over whether the Goji Berry bush is halachically considered a tree or a vegetable. The Shulchan Aruch rules that in all such cases ...
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Are frozen organic blueberries kosher?
As per the reply I just received from the CRC, they only recommend it for pureeing.
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