The Practical Laws of Orlah

"When you enter the land and plant any tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden for you, not to be eaten." (19:23).

While the Torah clearly prohibits eating fruit of trees in their first three years, Chazal extend this prohibition to benefiting from such fruit.

For this reason, it is forbidden to feed orlah fruit to animals (wild animals included), sell or give it to a non-Jew, or use it for compost. It is also forbidden to smell orlah fruit, light candles from orlah oil, use orlah-produced cosmetics, paint