Book
Orlah ערלה
a tractate of the order of Zeraim
For three years the fruit of a young tree is entirely forbidden: it is neither eaten nor sold. In the fourth year the fruit is holy and is brought up to Jerusalem like the second tithe, and only from the fifth does the tree belong to its owner without reservation.
The tractate deals with counting the years—from what day the planting is reckoned—and with mixtures: what to do if forbidden fruit has fallen among permitted. Orlah is one of the few commandments of the land which, in the sages' view, applies outside the Land of Israel as well.
Order: Zeraim. There is Gemara only in the Jerusalem Talmud.
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Sources
Chazal: Mishnah, Talmud, midrash, Zohar
- Mishnah Orlah 3:9 — orlah applies outside the Land of Israel too
- Leviticus 19:23–25 — the three years and the fourth
Basis: Talmud and midrash.