[Avodah] [Areivim] kosher cabbage

[Zev Sero]

Prof. Levine wrote:
 
> Thus, if one buys Israeli produce that is exported to America, it seems
> that one should not make a bracha and that one may not even fulfill
> a mitzva by taking teruma without making a bracha, since teruma may
> already have been taken.

AFAIK terumos and maasros are *never* taken from exported produce.  Thus
this isn't even demai, it's vadai tevel.  Maybe there's enough of a safek
to make it advisable not to say a bracha (e.g. maybe the farmer who grew
it was frum, and fixed it before he sold it to the wholesaler so as not
to be machshil people).

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