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Mishnah: This Mishnah discusses the blessings recited over various foods. How does one recite a blessing over fruits? Over different fruits that grow on a tree one recites: Who creates fruit of the tree, with the exception of wine. Although wine is produced from fruit of the tree, due to its signi
Talmud: Concerning the fundamental basis for blessings, the Talmud asks: From where are these matters, the obligation to recite a blessing before eating, derived? The Talmud answers: As A baraita states in the Sifra: With regard to saplings, it is stated that in their 4th year their fruit will be:
The Talmud asks: And did this verse: “Sanctified for praises,” come for that purpose? This verse is necessary to derive other matters. One being that God said: Redeem it and then eat it. This midrash interprets hillul, praise, as ḥillul, redemption. And the other matter derived from this verse is:
Indeed, this works out well according to the one who taught, as a rule: A 4th-year sapling in the mishnayot dealing with the prohibition to eat fruits produced during the first 3 years of a tree’s existence and the sanctity of the fruit produced in its 4th year; as, in his opinion, 4th-year fruits
And according to the one who taught: A 4th year grapevine, this works out well if he derives this matter from a verbal analogy [gezera shava], and therefore need not derive this halakha from the term hillulim. As it was taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda HaNasi said: It is stated here with regard t