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Are raspberries subject to orlah?

Question: I saw that a green grocer's kashrut certificate in Jerusalem stated that only non-mehadrin stores are allowed to sell raspberries. Why is that?

 

Is monk fruit considered orlah?

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

A mashgiach of a large kashrut organization, who works in China, checked a company growing monk fruit in a greenhouse onsite. He found out that since monk plants produce the most fruit the first years, the company harvests the fruit only from monk plants during their first three years. In light of this, is monk fruit considered orlah

Orlah and aeroponics

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

I want to grow a blueberry bush at home. You wrote that orlah applies to hydroponically grown trees. What about aeroponics?

Orlah and hydroponically-grown blueberries

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

 I want to grow a blueberry bush in my house hydroponically, using water and fertilizer. The bush produces fruit by its second year. Does orlah apply to trees grown hydroponically?

Are trees grown indoors, in unperforated pots, subject to orlah laws?

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

Are trees grown indoors, in unperforated pots, subject to orlah laws?

Can Ashkenazim eat passionfruit ice cream (and other imported passionfruit products)?

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

I heard that passionfruit is treated like a tree by Ashkenazim and thus obligated in orlah laws. So, my question is if we're allowed to eat passionfruit products (not the fruit - the products), like ice cream, juice, and the like when they are imported from outside Israel?

Is passionfruit subject to the laws of orlah?

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

I planted a passionfruit vine as a living fence. Do I have to wait three years to eat the fruit?

 

Should we be concerned that Israeli imported fruit is orlah?

Rabbi Moshe bloom

There are avocados in the supermarket (I live in New York) stamped "Israel." Should I be concerned about orlah? I know it's de'oraita in Israel, and safek de'oraita lechumrah.

Picking and picking up pomegranates in a public area

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

I have a strange question… we were at a public park that had tons of pomegranate trees in RBS. They were big so there is no doubt in my mind that they are old enough… is it halachically allowed to take pomegranates from a public park if they’ve already fallen to the ground? 

Picking herbs growing on the roadside

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

Am I allowed to take cuttings from overgrown wild sage or rosemary at the side of the road in public areas? A few people I know have said that you’re allowed because they grow back and it’s actually good for the trees to take cuttings… but is there an issue of stealing? What about terumot and ma'aserot?