and buys,

<<provided

<<that not

<<he sees him

<<gathering [it].

Rabbi Akiva

<<in the place of

<<Rabbi Eliezer —

<<we act

<<like him;

<<and Beis Shammai

<<in the place of

<<Beis Hillel

<<is not

<<a Mishnah.

But let him derive it

<<that it has become

<<a guard

<<for the fruit,

<<and the Merciful One

<<said:

<<“And you shall treat as orlah

<<its orlah —

<<its fruit,”

<<that which is secondary

<<to its fruit;

<<and what

<<is it?

<<A guard

<<for the fruit.

Rava said:

<<Where

<<do we say

<<that it has become

<<a guard

<<for the fruit?

<<Where

<<it is there

<<both

<<when detached

<<and

<<when attached.

<<Here,

<<when attached

<<it is there;

<<when detached

<<it is not there.

Raised an objection to him

<<Abaye:

<<The crown

<<of

<<a pomegranate

<<combines,

<<and the blossom

<<of it

<<does not

<<combine.

<<From the fact that it says

<<the blossom

<<of it

<<does not

<<combine,

<<apparently

<<that not

<<food

<<it is.

<<And we learned

<<with regard to

<<orlah:

<<The peels of

<<a pomegranate

<<and the blossom

<<of it,

<<the shells of

<<nuts,

<<and the pits

<<are obligated

<<in orlah.

Rather,

<<Rava said:

<<Where

<<do we say

<<that it has become

<<for them

<<a guard

<<for the fruit?

<<Where

<<it is there

<<at the time of

<<completion of

<<the fruit.

<<This

<<caper bud

<<is not there

<<at the time of

<<completion of

<<the fruit.

Is that so?!

<<But didn't Rav Nachman say in the name of Rabbah bar Avuha:

<<These

<<sheaths

<<of orlah

<<are forbidden,

<<since

<<they have become

<<a guard

<<for the fruit.

<<And a guard

<<for the fruit —

<<when

<<is it?

<<At the budding stage;

<<and [yet] he

<<calls

<<it

<<“a guard

<<for the fruit.”

Rav Nachman

<<holds

<<it

<<like Rabbi Yosei,

<<as we learned:

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<The grape-bud

<<is forbidden,

<<because

<<it

<<is fruit.

<<And disagree

<<the Rabbis

<<with him.

Challenged

<<it

<<Rav Shimi

<<from Neharde'a:

<<And in other

<<trees —

<<do

<<disagree

<<the Rabbis

<<with him?

<<But didn't we learn:

<<From when

<<do they not

<<cut down

<<the trees

<<in the Sabbatical year?

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<All

<<the trees —

<<from when they put forth.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<The carobs —

<<from when they form chains;

<<and the vines —

<<from when they form kernels;

<<and the olives —

<<from when they blossom;

<<and the rest of

<<all

<<the trees —

<<from when they put forth.

And Rav Assi said:

<<It is

<<an unripe grape,

<<it is

<<a kernel,

<<it is

<<the bean

<<that is white.

<<“The bean

<<that is white” —

<<does it enter your mind?!

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<its size

<<is like the bean

<<that is white.

<<Who

<<have you heard

<<[about] him

<<that says:

<<the unripe grape —

<<yes,

<<the grape-bud —

<<no?

<<The Rabbis;

<<and it teaches:

<<the rest of

<<all

<<the trees —

<<from when they put forth.

Rather,

<<Rava said:

<<Where

<<do we say

<<that it is

<<a guard

<<for the fruit?

<<Where

<<when

<<you remove

<<it —

<<the guard —

<<dies

<<the fruit.

<<Here,

<<when

<<you remove

<<it,

<<not

<<does die

<<the fruit.

There was

<<an incident,

<<and they removed

<<the blossom

<<of a pomegranate,

<<and withered

<<the pomegranate;

<<and they removed

<<the flower

<<of a caper berry,

<<and survived

<<the caper berry.

(And the halachah

<<is like Mar bar Rav Ashi,

<<who throws away

<<the berries

<<and eats

<<the buds.

<<And since with regard to

<<orlah

<<not

<<fruit

<<are they,

<<with regard to

<<blessings

<<too

<<not

<<fruit

<<are they,

<<and not

<<do we bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree,”

<<but rather

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground.”)

Peppers —

<<Rav Sheshes

<<said:

<<“that all …”;

<<Rava

<<said:

<<not

<<anything.

<<And goes

<<Rava

<<by his own reasoning,

<<for Rava said:

<<One who chews

<<peppers

<<on the Day

<<of Atonement

<<is exempt;

<<one who chews

<<ginger

<<on the Day

<<of Atonement

<<is exempt.

They raised an objection:

<<Would

<<Rabbi Meir

<<say:

<<From the implication

<<of what is stated:

<<“And you shall treat as orlah

<<its orlah —

<<its fruit,”

<<do I not

<<know

<<that a tree of

<<food

<<it is?

<<Rather,

<<what

<<does the verse teach

<<“a tree of

<<food”?

<<To include

<<a tree

<<whose taste —

<<its wood

<<and its fruit —

<<is the same.

<<And which is it?

<<This is

<<pepper —

<<to teach you

<<that pepper

<<is obligated

<<in orlah,

<<and to teach you

<<that not

<<the Land of

<<Israel

<<lacks

<<anything,

<<as it is stated:

<<“A land

<<where

<<not

<<in scarcity

<<will you eat

<<in it

<<bread;

<<not

<<will you lack

<<anything

<<in it.”

It is not difficult:

<<this

<<when fresh,

<<this

<<when dry.

Said to him

<<the Rabbis

<<to Mareimar:

<<One who chews

<<ginger

<<on the Day

<<of Atonement

<<is exempt?

<<But didn't Rava say:

<<This

<<preserved ginger

<<that comes

<<from the land of

<<India

<<is permitted,

<<and we bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground.”

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<when fresh,

<<this

<<when dry.

Chavitz

<<of the pot,

<<and likewise

<<daysa —

<<Rav Yehuda

<<said:

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word”;

<<Rav Kahana

<<said:

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

<<In daysa

<<plain,

<<everyone

<<does not

<<disagree

<<that it is “Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

<<When

<<they disagree

<<is in daysa

<<like

<<chavitz

<<of the pot:

<<Rav Yehuda

<<said

<<“that all …” —

<<he holds

<<the honey

<<is the main thing;

<<Rav Kahana

<<said

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods” —

<<he holds

<<the semolina

<<is the main thing.

<<Rav Yosef said:

<<Like him,

<<like Rav Kahana,

<<it stands to reason,

<<for Rav

<<and Shmuel

<<say,

<<both of them:

<<Anything

<<that there is

<<in it

<<of the five

<<species —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

The matter itself:

<<Rav

<<and Shmuel

<<say,

<<both of them:

<<Anything

<<that there is

<<in it

<<of the five

<<species —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

<<And it was stated

<<also:

<<Rav

<<and Shmuel

<<say,

<<both of them:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<of the five

<<species —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

And it is necessary [to say both]:

<<for if

<<he had taught us

<<“anything

<<that is,”

<<I would have said:

<<because

<<it is there

<<in its own form;

<<but

<<by

<<means of

<<mixtures,

<<not.