Orlah

The Forbidden Years of the Fruit Tree

The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1968 for Sedra Kedoshim.  It gives a fascinating interpretation of the law of 'Orlah', in which the fruit of a tree is forbidden for the first three years, then in...

Uvashana Hahamishit (5725)

This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim (Diaspora), 5725 (1965). The law of Orlah describes a fruit tree whose produce passes through stages of forbidden, holy, and...

Reaching For Highest Levels

This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, 5728 (1968). The laws of Orlah in the Sedra describe fruit trees whose produce is forbidden for three years, holy in the fourth,...