The plans are drawn, the contractor is ready, the project is about to begin. There’s just one problem… a crabapple tree right where your new extension is planned. What to do?

We can’t just destroy fruit trees, but this is for a legitimate purpose?

Does it matter that no one eats crabapples these days?

The one who will actually cut down the tree is not Jewish- does that make a difference?

Even if you can find a way that cutting down the tree is technically permitted, should it still be avoided?

For answers to all these questions, and more, listen to the shiur by Rabbi Yaakov Nesanel Finkelman from today’s Yarchei Kallah.