Study Rosh Hashanah folio 10A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
And if the planting, layering, or grafting took place more than 30 days before Rosh HaShana, the fruit of this planting is prohibited until the 15th of Shevat of the 4th year since the tree’s planting, even though the 3 years were already completed the previous Rosh HaShana. This principle applies b
The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived, that the prohibitions of orla and 4th-year produce extend past Tishrei until the 15th of Shevat? R' Ḥiyya bar Abba said that R' Yoḥanan said, and some determined that it was stated in the name of R' Yannai: The verse states: “3 years shall it b
The baraita explains: The repetition of the word “and,” indicated by the conjunctive vav that joins these verses, teaches that there are times that the tree is already in its 4th year and yet the fruit is forbidden as orla, from the verses “3 years…and in the 4th year”; and there are times that the
The Talmud suggests: Let us say that this baraita is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, as, if it were in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, didn’t R' Meir say that even one day in a year is considered a year? As it is taught in a baraita: The term bullock [par] mentioned in the Tor
The baraita continues: R' Elazar says: The term bullock is referring to an animal that is 24 months and 30 days old. As R' Meir would say: Wherever a calf [egel] is stated in the Torah without specification, the reference is to a calf that is one year old; a young ox [ben bakar] is referring to a