Reply To: Bracha on a Banana Home › Forums › Tefilla / Davening › Bracha on a Banana › Reply To: Bracha on a Banana January 17, 2013 8:50 pm at 8:50 pm #920753 JayMatt19Participant @DY You are correct, most papayas would be ossur due to orla (would it have been paskened that it is a fruit). R’ Eliyashiv zt”l paskened that it is a vegetable. @DM Bananas most certainly do grow in EY. Not sure about papaya. I doubt it, as I dont really see them here.