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<font size=3>At 03:11 AM 7/26/2010, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">To assist Prof. Levine, who
hasn't had the opportunity and others who have<br>
not yet taken Terumot U'Maa'serot, here is a written instruction
guide:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.toraland.org.il/web/project/project.asp?codeClient=1555&codeSubWe" eudora="autourl">
http://www.toraland.org.il/web/project/project.asp?codeClient=1555&codeSubWe</a>
<br>
b=0&id=13248<br><br>
<br>
It is of course in Hebrew.<br><br>
Shoshana L. Boublil<br>
(posted following a moderator request)<br>
</blockquote><br>
The conclusions at the end of the article at
<a href="http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/faxes/rmjBroydeTerumah.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/faxes/rmjBroydeTerumah.pdf</a> that Chana
Luntz referred us to really sum up this issue. At the end the author
states,
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Particularly,
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fruit</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">and
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vegetables are
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">urrently
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obligated
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">in
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">teruma
and ma'aser only
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rabbinically,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">even
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">in
Israel
proper</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">the
presence
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the</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">se
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">many
factors
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enough
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eliminate
comp</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">
let</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
e</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">
l</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">y
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">the
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obligation outside
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">s</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">r</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">ael."
</font><font size=3>I think that it is worth quoting these conclusions in
their entirety (without the footnotes) which I have done below. <br><br>
Given this, I fail to see that there is any "special mitzva"
attached to buying Israeli produce. Furthermore, one is not
avoiding doing a mitzvah by not purchasing them. <br><br>
Of course, doing so does support the economy of EY, but one can do this
in a variety of other ways also. YL<br><br>
<hr>
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Conclusion<br><br>
This
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started with
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#515151">for
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separate
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urrently
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the
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obligation even
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s</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">pute
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rishonim,
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<i>acharonim,
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modern
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mmentator</font>
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produce once
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l</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#515151">eaves
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suggested:<br><br>
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(tevel)
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directly<br>
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vegetables
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once<br>
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teruma </i>and
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">that
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">o</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">bli</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">ga</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">tion<br>
upon
le</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">
av</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">ing
the
boundari</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">
es of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">s</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">ra</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">e</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#3E3E3E">l
pro</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#606060">
per.<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">2] One
who
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
encounters
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">fruits
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">or
vegetab</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">
l</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">es
so</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">ld
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">in
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">the<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">United
States as
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">a
"product of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">srae</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">l</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">",
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">with no
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
othe</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">
r<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
information given as
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">to
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">its
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">origins
or </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">its
rabbinic
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
supervision,<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">need
not
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
separate </font><font size=3 color="#444444"><i>teruma
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">and
</font><font size=3 color="#5C5C5C"><i>ma'aser.
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
This is
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">so,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">based
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">on<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">
th</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">e
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
presence of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">
numerou</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
halachic
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">and
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">factual
doubts as to<br>
the obligation to
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
sepa</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">
rate
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444"><i>
teruma </i>outside of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">s</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">rael.
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">They
are<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">as
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
follows:<br><br>
(a) Many authorities,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">cited
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">above,
rule </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">as
a
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">matter
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">of<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">halacha
that outside Israel
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">one
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">never
needs to
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
sepa</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#2E2E2E">
rat</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">e<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444"><i>
teruma;<br><br>
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">(b)
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef's factual analysis rules that
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">one<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">need
not
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
separate
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444"><i>
teruma
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
from
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">fruit
purchased </font>in
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">the
market<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">even
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">in
Israel,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">since
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">the
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">fruit
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">might
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">come
from Gentile<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">farmers
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">or
areas
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">outside
halachic Israel that
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">are
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">part
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">of<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
Israel's political boundaries;<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">(c)
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">
According to
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">some
authorities,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">fruits
produced<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">
exclusively
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">for
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">export
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">do not
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C">need
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">to have
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5C5C5C"><i>
teruma </i>separated<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#444444">from
them.<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">(d) The
fruits
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">might
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">have
left Israel prior
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">to
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
ripening
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">and<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
thu</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s
<i>gemar
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">melacha
</i>occurred outside
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">srael;<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">(e)
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">The
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">produce
might already
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
ha</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">ve
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">had
<i>teruma
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">
se</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
parated<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">by
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">sraeli
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
rabbis</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">
;<br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#353535">(f)
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">For the
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">year
5754 (1993-1994)
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">there
might
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">be
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">no
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
obligation<br>
because
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">it
i</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">a
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F"><i>
shemita</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
year.<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
Particularly
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">since
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
fruit</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">and
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
vegetables are
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">c</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">urrently<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
obligated
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">in
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B"><i>
teruma </i>and <i>ma'aser </i>only
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
rabbinically,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">even
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">in<br>
Israel
proper</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">the
presence
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
the</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">se
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">many
factors
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">is
enough<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">to
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
eliminate
comp</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">
let</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
e</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">
l</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">y
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">the
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
obligation outside
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">I</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">s</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">r</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">ael. One<br>
who wishes
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">to be
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">strict
in
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
thi</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">matter
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">and
separate
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535"><i>
teruma<br>
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">and
<i>ma'aser</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">
</i></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
without a
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
ble</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">
ss</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">ing
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">hould do
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
so</font><font size=3 color="#5F5F5F">.<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
Th</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">
i</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">is
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">a case
of
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
multiple factual
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">and
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
halachic
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
doubts<br>
concerning
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">a
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">
rabbinic
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">
prohibition</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">,
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">and
thu</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">it
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">i</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">s
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">proper
to<br>
rule
permis</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#5F5F5F">
sive</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#1D1D1D">
l</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#4B4B4B">y
according
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3 color="#353535">to
halacha.<br><br>
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