Mitzvah #200 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not eat fruit of a tree during its first three years“
Scripture Reference: LEV 19:23 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Kedoshim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כג וְכִי-תָבֹאוּ אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, וּנְטַעְתֶּם כָּל-עֵץ מַאֲכָל--וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתוֹ, אֶת-פִּרְיוֹ; שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם עֲרֵלִים--לֹא יֵאָכֵל.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
23 Ὅταν δὲ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν, καὶ καταφυτεύσετε πᾶν ξύλον βρώσιμον καὶ περικαθαριεῖτε τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτοῦ· ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ τρία ἔτη ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀπερικάθαρτος, οὐ βρωθήσεται·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #246
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Foods
Systematic Category (P119f) Food