Halachic Guides
Pesach: Guidelines for Feeding Animals
What do we do about pet food on Pesach? Does it need a hechsher? What about farmers? Comprehensive halachic guidelines on feeding animals during Pesach.
Around the Jewish Year
Digital Seder Tu BiShevat
Digital Seder Tu BiShevat for family and community use plus activity guide
Around the Jewish Year
Blooming Season for the Different Fruit and Harvest Time of Vegetables - 5781: Ma’aser Ani Calendars
When exactly is each type of produce subject to ma’aser ani? What are the blooming seasons, standard harvest datesand standard storage times for fruits and vegetables in israel today? An halachic-agricultural survey for 5781 to 5782
Mitzvot of the Land
Kilei Ilan (grafting): scion and rootstock combinations for trees and vegetables
Laws of kilei ilan: permitted and prohibited scion and rootstock combinations for fruit trees, citrus trees, ornamental trees, and vegetables (update: Av 5778-July 2018)
Mitzvot of the Land
Orlah, Chapter 3b: Intermediate Plant Classification as Vegetables or Trees
While most plants fall into neat categories as trees or vegetables, some are on the seam and have characteristics of both. This chart classifies such intermediate plants, which has bearing on the laws of orlah, berachot and kila’im.
Hilchot Orlah
Intermediate Plant Classification as Vegetables or Trees
While most plants fall into neat categories as trees or vegetables, some are on the seam and have characteristics of both. This chart classifies such intermediate plants, which has bearing on the laws of orlah, berachot and kila’im. Hilchot Ha'aretz, 133.
Mitzvot of the Land
List of Herbs - Classification as Trees or Vegetables vis-à-vis Kila'im
This comprehensive list of common herbs with English, Hebrew, and Latin names, categorizes them as trees or vegetables, to avoid kilei zera'im and kilei hakerem. Since different halachic guidelines govern kila’im for vegetables and trees, this is a valuable reference.
Mitzvot of the Land
Pesach: Biur Ma'aserot and Viduy Ma'aserot, Nissan 5779
Biur and viduy ma'aserot are unique mitzvot that occur once every three years; this year (5779) is one of them. On the halachot of biur and viduy ma'aser as they apply today plus the texts recited as part of viduy ma'aserot.
Mitzvot of the Land
Orlah - Short
An abridged guide on the laws of orlah: what is the prohibition of orlah, when it applies, which fruit are subject to the prohibition, and how it applies outside of the Land of Israel.
Mitzvot of the Land
Observance of land-dependent commandments in communal gardens
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Training & Professional Services Unit. Plant Engineering and Botanical Gardens Unit, Plant Engineering Division In collaboration with the Torah VeHa'aretz Institute
Mitzvot of the Land