Is one who picks dried fruit still attached to a tree liable on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules one is liable for picking dried fruit from a tree even though they are considered 'uprooted' for purposes of impurity. The poskim dispute whether this applies when the tree itself is completely dry.
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