[Avodah] parshas Noach question

[Zev Sero]

M Cohen wrote:

> 1. Rashi says that the first thing that Noach did after leaving the ark 
> was to plant the vineyard

> (and yet its difficult to say that Noah sat around for several yrs doing 
> nothing, and then finally when he decided to plant incorrectly planted a 
> vineyard first)

A vineyard takes time to grow.  Even if you don't keep orlah, the first
year you're not going to get wine.  I'd be surprised if you get any
appreciable quantity of wine the second year either.  Probably the third
year is the first in which you get a harvest.

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