[Avodah] Terumos Umaaseros

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM, kennethgmiller at juno.com <
kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:

> This also applies to the year in which the fruit was grown. One may mix
> his spring apples and his summer apples with no fear, but if one would mix
> Teves apples with Adar apples -- they may as well be apples and oranges.  I
> have heard that because of Tu B'Shvat's position on the harvesting
> calendar, it is unlikely that a farmer would ever confront this situation
> l'maaseh, but it is certainly an important concern l'halacha. It can also
> be an important point on the consumer level -- Suppose one has a bottle of
> olive oil which he purchased many months ago; he should not take terumos
> umaasros from it together with the bottle he bought today (unless a product
> code on the bottles can identify which year they're from).
>

In the middle of Massechet RH, so I have to ask:
Doesn't the keviut of fruit for terumot and maasrot go after chanata and
not lekita? As such, it would be squarely on the shoulders of the farmer to
make sure to properly label which fruit are from which year should any be
blossoming around this time.

Shavuah Tov,
Liron
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