אִילַן סְרָק

ביטוי (אנגלית)

A tree bearing no fruit / a barren (fruitless) tree

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A tree that does not bear fruit.

("Which is a barren tree? Anything that does not produce fruit. Rabbi Meir says, all are barren trees except the olive and fig" – Kilayim 6:5, and: "They examined that region… it was good for one Jew to act permissibly in ten forbidden matters, that is a fruit tree, and these are barren trees" – Bialik / The Shamed Trumpet, 1:112, and: "Walking past a bad date palm among barren trees and a lamp among Primus stoves and a kettle" – H. Hazaz / Early Generations, 39, and: "It is also brought in the name of Maharshal that barren trees planted at the entrances of idolatry are permitted to sit in their shade" – H. Bar / To Where the Wind Goes, 211)