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Fermentation
Medical effects of various types of food
General
Is the produce of a plant influenced by other plants that were in contact with that plant?: Bechorot 17a
Apples
Sometimes the Hebrew for 'apples' ["Tapuchim"] means citrons: Taanit 29b
How long apples take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Barley
The inferior quality of barley grown in Edom: Ketuvot 64b
Beans
Dry "Turmus" beans are goat fodder: Shabbat 126b
Moist "Turmus" beans are inedible: Shabbat 127b
Capers [Tzelaf]
A Tzelaf bush was used for a Miracle, to protect a man's field when he didn't repair a fence-breach on Shabbat: Shabbat 150b
Carobs
The carobs of one tree generally ripen in one batch: Rosh HaShanah 15b
How long carob trees take to produce fruit: Bechorot 8a
How long carobs take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Cedars
Enumeration of 4, or 10, different species of cedar: Rosh HaShanah 23a
Considering myrtle to be a type of cedar: Succah 37a
Citrons
Sometimes the Hebrew for 'apples' ["Tapuchim"] means Citrons: Taanit 29b
Their cycle of growth: Rosh HaShanah 14b-15b; Succah 31b, 35a, 39b-40a
The taste of the fruit and tree: Succah 35a
The touch of hands is extremely detrimental to the Citron's growth: Rosh HaShanah 15a
How much water, and from which sources, is necessary for a Citron's growth: Succah 35a; Kiddushin 3a
Dates
Date trees have more branches than standard trees: Berachot 16a
Date branches are raised high off of the ground: Megillah 14a
Volume of seeds from dates: Yoma 79b
Better in Eastern Areas: Yoma 83b
Dividing palm trees as males and females: Pesachim 53a
The Dates of one tree generally ripen in one batch: Rosh HaShanah 15b
Process dates quickly, lest you eat them while harvesting: Pesachim 113a
Date palms have one "heart": Succah 45b; Megillah 14a
The painful effects of dates on
digestion and excretion
: Taanit 9b
How long dates take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Fenugrec
Determination of the end of their period of growth: Rosh HaShanah 12b
Figs
Aren't collected in a single harvest: Pesachim 56b
The growth pattern of a species of White Figs: Rosh HaShanah 15b
How long figs take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
How long the
b'not shuach
kind of fig takes to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Flax
How to take care of flax: Shabbat 140b
Grains
List of the 5 grains: Pesachim 35a, Menachot 70a
Definition of Kusmin: Pesachim 35a, Menachot 70a-b
Definition of Shifon: Pesachim 35a, Menachot 70a-b
Definition of Shibolet Shual: Pesachim 35a, Menachot 70a-b
Definition of Karmit: Pesachim 35a, Menachot 70a-b
How long grain takes to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Degree of natural deterioriation over time of stored grain in storage over time: Bava Metzia 40a
People age grain before using it: Bava Metzia 60a
Determination of the end of their period of growth: Rosh HaShanah 12b
Whether they grow more from rain or from underground resources: Rosh HaShanah 14a
Barley is considered animal fodder: Sotah 14a
The Jews are only called
poor
, and
domestic strife
begins, when grain runs out in the home: Bava Metzia 59a
Grapes
Whether they grow more from rain or from underground resources: Rosh HaShanah 14a
How long grapes take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Grasses
"Chatzav" is deer fodder: Shabbat 128a
Hyssop
Varying Species of Hyssop: Shabbat 109b
Kidah
Is it a green or a tree: Eruvin 34b
Kishut - Vine-Gourd
One must give greater room to Kishut than to other species, because it will harden: Pesachim 39b
Whether Kishut is a vegetable or tree [regarding
Grafted/Mixed Species
]: Shabbat 139a
Luz - hazelnut?
How long luz fruit take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Mosses
Are they considered items which grow from the ground: Eruvin 28b
Muchsasim מוכססים
How long muchsasim take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Mushrooms
Are they considered items which grow from the ground: Shabbat 107b, Pesachim 56b
Mustard
Mustard seed is food for doves: Shabbat 128a
Myrtle
The fruit and the plant taste identical: Succah 32b
A type of Myrtle known as "Egyptian Myrtle": Succah 33a [See Rashi]
Considering Myrtle to be a type of Cedar: Succah 37a
The
righteous
are called "Myrtles": Megillah 13a
Olives
Olive Trees have more branches than standard trees: Berachot 16a
Determination of the end of their period of growth: Rosh HaShanah 12b
The olives of one tree generally ripen in one batch: Rosh HaShanah 15b
How long olives take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Palm Trees
Therapeutic use of palm fibers: Ketuvot 50a
Peppers
Plant and Fruit have identical taste: Yoma 81b; Succah 35a
Considering Peppers as Trees (for the
Prohibition against use of Produce of a Tree's First 3 Years
): Yoma 81b, Succah 35a
Reeds
Therapeutic
when used to bandage wounds: Eruvin 104a; Zevachim 19a
Rice and Millet [Orez and Dochan]
Status as a Grain: Pesachim 35a, 114b; Menachot 70b
Whether Rice/Millet rots or ferments: Pesachim 35a
Liability for them as
Leaven on Pesach
: Pesachim 35a
Use for
Matzah for Pesach
: Pesachim 35a
Requirement for
Dough-Tithing
: Pesachim 50b-51a
Saffron
The way in which its leaves develop: Niddah 20a
Turnips
Turnips are food for ravens: Shabbat 126b
Tut תות berries
How long tut berries take to ripen: Bechorot 8a
Vegetables & Seeds
Seeds "drink more" [have greater roots?] than Vegetables: Pesachim 39b
Ulshin: Pesachim 39a
Chazeres: Pesachim 39a
Tamcha: Pesachim 39a
Whether vegetables grow more from rain or from underground resources: Rosh HaShanah 14a; Kiddushin 3a
Vines
Elephants eat bundles of vines: Shabbat 128a
Willow
Differentiating between species of Willow: Succah 34a
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