Q&A
Kilei zera'im for vegetables growing in separate containers sharing water
I am growing peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers . Each vegetable is in a separate container on my porch that has a concrete floor. all of the pots are perforated. am I obligated to ensure a certain amount of distance between the containers due to laws of kilayim? For example, the pepper pot and tomato pot are sitting directly on the concrete floor and when I water them, and the water flows out of the bottom of the pots - the waters are mixing - maybe one is feeding from the other? Thank you
Sweet potatoes sprouted in my potato pot - is that kilayim?
I had a pot with sweet potatoes and wanted to plant potatoes there instead. So, I thought that I cleaned all the sweet potato remnants, but lo and behold! This was the result. Are they kilei zera'im? What should I do now? Will I be permitted to eat the potatoes and sweet potatoes?
Kilei hakerem: Do I need to move chives and alpine strawberries when I didn't plan to eat them?
Sholom u’vrocho!
I came across your article on line about the above topic.
I have 2 grape vines in separate locations in my garden in Chutz L’Aretz (Manchester).
Whilst I have taken care not to plant any vegetables near or under the vine I have some self-seeded chives which are growing near one. These are not eaten but have been allowed to grow as they produce purple flowers which attract the bees.
Near the second vine there are some alpine strawberries which have grown and spread just under the end of the leaf canopy. Again, these are not eaten but left for their tiny white flowers.
Do I need to uproot either or both the chives and the alpine strawberries?
Please advise. Yasher koach.
Do I need to tithe from one lychee outside?
Quick question - if I pick a lychee from my tree and want to eat it straight away, do I need to take terumot and maaserot first?
Terumot & ma'aserot in an open-air pavilion and from a crate
Shalom, on a farm there is a wooden open-air pavilion where meals are served, and salads are prepared from produce picked in the field. When vegetables are brought there, is there an obligation to separate tithes (ma‘aserot)? Additionally, if vegetables are placed in a small crate before being brought into the packing house, may one take from the crate and eat without separating tithes? All the best.
Partnership with a kohen on a farm for terumot and ma'aserot
Question:
Is it permissible to give terumah and terumat ma‘aser to a Kohen (with a confirmed family tradition) for the purpose of feeding animals? Furthermore, may a farm transfer ownership of a goat pen or chicken coop to a Kohen, and subsequently use terumat ma‘aser separated from its produce as animal feed?
Accidental advanced separation - status of fruit and future steps
Important halachic issues to consider when planting trees and vegetables in a private garden
I live in the Jerusalem area and have a garden. I would like to start a vegetable patch and also plant some fruit trees. Could you please tell me about the halachic issues I have to take into account?
How long do I need to hold onto my coin for pidyon ma'aser sheni? What about Beit Ha'otzar members?
If in my case, I must have my own coin, how long is it used for? Somebody told me that it’s forever, which I didn’t think was the case, according to your notes?
If I become a member of your ma'aser fund, do I need to let you know each time I pick a cucumber?
I understand the importance of joining the fund, however, is joining the fund applicable to me? If I am a member of the fund, I understand then that its remote: because the fund holds the coin, as it were, when the text /Brocha is recited, I am designating various parts of the produce for a Kohen, Levi
But that in some years, when it comes to redeeming the holiness of ma'aser sheni and the ma’aser ani produce, in these cases, I must have my own coin.
Please explain how one works with the fund. I’m sure that I won’t have to let them know each time I have picked a cucumber.