Orlah

Orlah
Halakhic texts relating to this article
Torah:Leviticus 19:23–25
Mishnah:Orlah 3:1
Jerusalem Talmud:Orlah 20b
Shulchan Aruch:Yoreh De'ah 294

The prohibition on orlah fruit (lit. "uncircumcised" fruit) is a command found in the Bible not to eat fruit produced by a tree during the first three years after planting.

In rabbinical writings, the orlah prohibition (Hebrew: איסור ערלה) is counted as one of the negative commandments among the 613 commandments. Outside of the land of Israel the prohibition also applies to a certain degree.