Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 162:7
ל"ק הא ברטיבתא והא ביבישתא
If one chewed ginger on the Day of Atonement, he is not culpable. An objection was raised: R'Meir used to say: By mere implication from the text: Then you shall count the fruit thereof as forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIX, 23.');"><sup>4</sup></span> I could understand that fruit trees are meant. Why then does Scripture say: 'trees for food'?
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