#5505 The Fruits of Doubts!
Hi Rabbi Bartfeld, I have what I think are raspberry canes with thorns and branches (black and red) growing among trees in the side back of my backyard. I didn’t plant them (they are growing wild) but they seem to me to be raspberries and I think they have been around for a few years.
From what I have googled it seems that the issue may only be around Orla and Netta Revei and it seems to me from what I have read that it may not be an issue (apparently branches don’t last that long so Orla wouldn’t apply to the canes). I can’t find some of the things I googled so I am still unsure. Thank you.
Our Rabbonim maintained that it is most likely to be a safek or doubt on a Rabbinical prohibition. Best is if one can give them as a gift to an appreciative Gentile, and not consume them yourself.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.”
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: July 18, 2025