The Connection Between 1) No Eating Blood & 2)Orla – No Eating Fruits For 3 Years

The Torah puts the verse regarding the commandment of Not Eating Blood next to the commandment of Orlah (Lev.19:23) (which forbids the eating of a fruit from a tree that is not yet 3 years old. So what is the Connection Between “Prohibition of Eating The Blood” and “Waiting 3 Years To Eat Fruits” – Rabbi Ari Enkin shares the lesson.

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Was The Forbidden Fruit an Apple?

Everyone knows that Adam and Eve ate sinned and ate from the Tree of knowledge. They ate the forbidden fruit. But what exactly was the forbidden fruit? If you ask the average American they’ll probably tell you it was an apple. Hence, everyone has an Adam’s apple… right? Well not quite. In this short video Eliav Friedman, MSW, shares the Jewish take on the forbidden fruit.

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