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Does aloe vera require terumot & ma'aserot when eaten?

Avraham Sochovolsky

I saw an article discussing the  shemitah-year sanctity (kedushat shevi’it) regarding the aloe vera plant. However, I couldn’t find whether one must separate terumot and ma’asrot from aloe vera leaves if the contents of the leaves are used for consumption?
Thank you.

 

Do I need to understand the nusach for separating terumot and ma'aserot?

Dr. Mordechai Shomron, agronomist; addition by Rabbi Moshe Bloom | Av 5785

I don't really understand the nusach for separating terumot and ma'aserot - with the percentages, locations, etc. Does it matter?                              

Separating terumot and ma’aserot at a cherry-picking festival

Rabbi Ehud Ahituv

There is a cherry-picking festival taking place in Gush Etzion, and I’d like to go with a few friends. You can pick cherries, blueberries, and raspberries.

  1. Is there a problem with orlah (is there supervision by the Gush Etzion rabbinate)?
  2. If we pay upfront and it’s “all you can eat,” how can we eat the fruit without first taking terumot and ma’aserot, and at which point do we need to separate them? The same question regarding eating the fruit in the car on the way home.
  3. I know there are guidelines about checking fruit for infestation (and that raspberries are very difficult to check). Do you have current information about infestation status?

This seems like such a nice event, and it is difficult for me to believe that in a place like Gush Etzion, where there are so many observant Jews, there would be a festival that would trip people up in eating tevel mide’oriyta.

Fruit growing on branches that belong to Shimon but the trunk belongs to Reuven

Rabbi Ehud Achituv | 27 Tammuz 5785

There is a tree whose trunk is primarily located in Reuven’s garden, while its canopy extends into Shimon’s garden. Reuven transferred ownership of the canopy to Shimon. The question is: Are the fruits that grow on the canopy—which now belong to Shimon—obligated in terumot and ma'aserot mide’oraita?

Or, since the trunk is rooted in Reuven’s property, does this constitute a deficiency in the criterion of "זרעך פרט ללקוח" —excluding acquired produce—thus rendering the obligation only derabanan? This follows the view of certain Rishonim who hold that even if the final processing (gemar melachah) is performed by the buyer, there is no Torah-level obligation.

The practical implication would be whether one may separate tithes from these fruits on behalf of fruits from a tree that grows entirely in Shimon’s garden—assuming the level of obligation must be the same.

Someone else separated terumot and ma'aserot without saying the special formula of separation

Dr. Mordechai Shomron, agronomist
If someone else separated ma'aserot on my behalf, but they didn't say the formula, does it count?
I hope they actually separated from each type - I'm not sure.

Terumot and ma'aserot for vegetables on the porch, plus using compost for fertilizer

Rabbi Moshe Bloom
I am growing tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers in perforated pots on my porch, on a concrete floor.
Just to confirm - any organic compost (such as worms) is not a problem to use for plants - even if it's from non-kosher matter?
Do I have to take ma'aser/terumah every time I pick from the plants? 

Do I need to tithe from one lychee outside?

Rabbi Moshe Bloom

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

Agronomist Moti Shomron | 21 Sivan 5785 | 21:21

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

Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi Amichay | 22 Sivan 5785

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

Rabbi Netanel Oyerbach
I accidentally said the brachot plus the text for advance separation over the fruits we had picked and the tree in general. 
Are the fruits we already picked fully terumot and ma'asered or do I need to say something else for them? 
Going forward, should I wait until next Wednesday to pick any more plums and then do terumot and ma'aser over them with a bracha? (If it's within the week would it be a safek of bracha levatala?)