I'm Allowed to eat Hybrid Fruits
Divine Code for November 19, 2022
Today: Page 298
Topic 9:17 -- 9:20
A hybrid fruit produced by grafting a branch from one species onto a tree of another species is permitted to be eaten, even by the person who made the forbidden graft.
Cross-pollination of the flowers of different species of fruit trees, or injecting the hormones or sap from one fruit tree into a fruit tree of a different species, is permitted. There is no explicit source that indicates that genetic modification of food plants is prohibited. After the fact, one modified varieties of produc have been created, there is certainly no prohibition in using them in accordance with the guidelines of the 9 chapter from par IV from the Divine Code.
For eating a fruit, one says the following blessing:
Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam borei pri ha-aitz.
Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree.
For eating a new fruit (in its season), one says the following blessing:
Ba-ruch A-tah A-do-noi E-loi-hei-nu
Me-lech ha-o-lam she-he-chee-ya-nu v'ki-yi-ma-nu
vi-hi-gi-ya-nu liz-man ha-zeh.
Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d, King of the
Universe, who has granted us life, sustained us and
enabled us to reach this occasion.
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Sources
The Divine Code 4e edition by rabbi Moshe Weiner
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