Orlah (

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: , lit. "Blockage of Trees") is the tenth tractate of ''

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'' ("Order of Seeds") of the ''

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'' and of the ''

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''. It discusses the law of

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:23 pertaining to any fruit bearing tree, whose fruits cannot be eaten during the first three years the tree produces fruit. The tractate generalizes this passage to discuss the broader topic of forbidden

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. This law applies everywhere and for all time in Jewish communities and for any fruit bearing tree owned by a Jew. Then it discusses the laws of "Neta Revai", by which produce of the fourth year is to be treated like "

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External links

Full text of the Mishnah for tractate Orlah
on

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(Hebrew and English)
Rules of Orlah in Maimonides’ Code of Jewish Law

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