Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quoting%20commentary for Sukkah 69:2

ואימא פלפלין כדתניא היה רבי מאיר אומר ממשמע שנאמר (ויקרא יט, כג) ונטעתם כל עץ איני יודע שהוא עץ מאכל מה ת"ל עץ מאכל עץ שטעם עצו ופריו שוה הוי אומר זה פלפלין ללמדך שהפלפלין חייבין בערלה ואין א"י חסרה כלום שנאמר (דברים ח, ט) לא תחסר כל בה

Say that it is pepper, as it has been taught: R. Meir used to say, From that which it says, "And you have planted all manner of trees," (Leviticus 19:23) do I not know that the reference is to a tree for food? What then does Scripture teach by "for food"? A tree whose fruit and wood taste the same. Say then that it is pepper. This is to teach you that the pepper tree is subject to the law of orlah and that the Land of Israel lacks nothing, as it is said, "You shall not lack anything in it"?

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