{"id":12102,"date":"2026-07-08T00:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=12102"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:25:38","slug":"17-08-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/17-08-08\/","title":{"rendered":"08. Fruit Growing in a Courtyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr\">Fruit growing in a guarded courtyard, where outsiders may not enter, may be eaten casually, as <em>akhilat arai<\/em>, only before it has been gathered, since gathering is its <em>gmar melakha<\/em>. Therefore, one may pick and eat a single grape or a single fig, because each is eaten in one bite and does not count as a completed act of gathering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">However, if one picks two grapes, two figs, or a larger fruit that is not eaten in one bite, such as an apple or a large fig, the picking itself is considered the fruit\u2019s gathering and completes its <em>gmar melakha<\/em>. In a courtyard, this is the normal way fruit is gathered. Once its <em>gmar melakha<\/em> is complete, the guarded courtyard fixes it for <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em>. Therefore, even casual eating is forbidden until <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> are separated (MT, Laws of Ma\u2019aser 4:15, 17; Radvaz to MT, Laws of Ma\u2019aser 4:18).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr\">If one climbs a tree in a guarded courtyard and picks a quantity of fruit whose gathering would normally complete its <em>gmar melakha<\/em>, the fruit nevertheless does not become fixed for <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> while he remains on the tree. Only when he descends to the courtyard floor does the guarded courtyard fix it for <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em>. Since eating on the tree is still <em>akhilat arai<\/em>, he may eat from the fruit there without separating <em>terumot<\/em> and <em>ma\u2019asrot<\/em> (MT, Laws of Ma\u2019aser 4:18).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fruit growing in a guarded courtyard, where outsiders may not enter, may be eaten casually, as akhilat arai, only before it has been gathered, since gathering is its gmar melakha. 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