[Avodah] Oranges from Israel

[D&E-H Bannett]

Someone on list might remember my posting some years ago on 
this subject.

Some forty years ago, when I was installing electronic 
equipment in five orange packing houses, I discovered that 
every place had a religious worker at an early stage of the 
process who, in addition to his regular job, took t'rumah 
and ma'aser from each batch (at the request of the local 
rabbanut).  I commented, though, that on the rare occasion 
when that person was absent from work, I didn't find someone 
replacing him.

So, (as of forty years ago) the chances were  that the fruit 
was m'ussar. So, if you m'asser, do not make a b'rakha.


David