• October 14, 2025
  • 22 5786, Tishri
  • פרשת בראשית

Gardening & Halacha: Kilayim

Kilayim is a prohibition of the Torah. The prohibition forbids the mixing of different types of vegetables when planting them . It follows then that in order to observe this mitzvah we need to both how the halacha defines “types” and what the Halacha means by “mixing.”

Last week in our first meeting we discussed how the Halacha classifies various types of flora- in other words the Halachic system of taxonomy. Today I plan to discuss with you what the Halacha means by “mixing.”

I look forward to meeting with you.

Stuart Fischman