Orlah
Forbidden fruit in the Hebrew Bible. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the tractate of the Mishnah addressing this topic, see Orlah (Mishnayoth).
The prohibition on orlah fruit (lit. "uncircumcised" fruit) is a command found in the Bible not to eat fruit produced by a tree during the first three years after planting.[1]
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Torah: | Leviticus 19:23–25 |
Mishnah: | Orlah 3:1 |
Jerusalem Talmud: | Orlah 20b |
Shulchan Aruch: | Yoreh De'ah 294 |
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In rabbinical writings, the orlah prohibition (Hebrew: איסור ערלה) is counted as one of the negative commandments among the 613 commandments. Outside of the land of Israel the prohibition also applies to a certain degree.