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§ The mishna teaches that among those flogged is one who
ate untithed produce or first-tithe
produce whose
teruma
of the tithe was not taken.
Rav says:
If one
ate untithed produce
from which
teruma
and first tithe were separated and
poor man’s tithe
was not separated, he is
flogged.
The Gemara explains:
In accordance with whose
opinion did Rav issue this ruling? It is
in accordance with
the opinion of
this
tanna
, as it is taught
in a
baraita
that
Rabbi Yosei says:
One
might
have thought
that one…
Makkot 16b:13-14
From where are these matters
derived that during the third year one must set aside poor man’s tithe and not second tithe?
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:
The verse states:
“When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, which is the year of the tithe”
(Deuteronomy 26:12). This is referring to
a year when there is only one
of the two
tithes
that had been given in the previous years.
How so?
One sets aside
first tithe and poor man’s tithe,
which is explicitly mentioned in that section…
Rosh Hashanah 12b:2-3
Rather, Abaye said
an alternative resolution,
similar to that
with which the
Master,
i.e., Abaye’s teacher, Rabba, employed in order to resolve a different difficulty.
As it is taught
in a
baraita
: A wealthy person is not entitled to take a poor man’s tithe. He is instead expected to sell his assets and purchase food with the proceeds. But in the case of an individual
who owns houses, fields, and vineyards, but
at the present time
cannot find
buyers
to
whom he can
sell them…
Bava Kamma 7a:15
MISHNAH:
If he switches with the poor, what he receives is exempt but what the poor get is obligated. If two persons received a field as sharecroppers, one gives his part and his tithes of the poor to the other one, and vice-versa. He who receives a field to harvest is barred from its gleanings, forgotten sheaves, and
peah
. Rebbi Jehudah said, when is this so? When he received it for one-half, one third, or one quarter; but if he told him, one third of what you will harvest will be yours, he may take gleanings, forgotten sheaves…
Jerusalem Talmud Peah 5:4:1
The Gemara suggests:
Come
and
hear
a proof from a
baraita
:
Two brothers,
or
two partners
in the ownership of produce, or
a father and son,
or
a rabbi and his student, may redeem
the
second tithe for each other
without adding one-fifth, as one who redeems the tithe of another, including these individuals, is not required to add one-fifth.
And they may feed each other
the
poor man’s tithe.
If one of them is poor, the other may give him the poor man’s tithe that he separated from his produce…
Kiddushin 32a:3-5
HALAKHAH:
“ ‘A
qônām
that I shall not have benefit from people,’ etc. Rebbi Yoḥanan said, so is the Mishnah: “
And
she may benefit from gleanings, forgotten sheaves, and
peah
.”. It was stated: “And the tithe of the poor.” The tithe of the poor is not listed here. The tithe of the poor is given as acquisition; these by abandoning. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Ḥanina said, a person gives his tithes for the benefit of goodwill. Rebbi Joḥanan said, a person may not give his tithes for the benefit of goodwill…
Jerusalem Talmud Nedarim 11:3:2-3
Wild beasts come to the world for swearing in vain, and for the profanation of the Name. Exile comes to the world for idolatry, for sexual sins and for bloodshed, and for [transgressing the commandment of] the [year of the] release of the land. At four times pestilence increases: in the fourth year, in the seventh year and at the conclusion of the seventh year, and at the conclusion of the Feast [of Tabernacles] in every year. In the fourth year, on account of the tithe of the poor which is due in the third year…
Pirkei Avot 5:9
§ The mishna teaches that if a woman took a vow prohibiting herself from benefiting from people,
she may
nevertheless
benefit from gleanings, forgotten
sheaves,
and
pe’a
.
The Gemara notes that the mishna
does not teach
that she may benefit from these gifts
and
also
from poor man’s tithe.
The Gemara asks:
But isn’t it taught in a
baraita
that she may benefit from these gifts
and
also
from poor man’s tithe?
Rav Yosef said:
This is
not difficult,
as the matter is the subject of a tannaitic dispute…
Nedarim 84a:4-84b:6
It was stated: Rebbi and Rebbi Jehudah the Prince did not disagree about produce bought on the field from a Gentile that it is subject to tithes because the Jew takes his place, nor about harvested produce bought from the Gentile that it is free from tithes. What did they disagree about? About him who buys harvested produce from his fellow in a year of tithes for the poor. Rebbi Judah the Prince said, one takes it from him whether he be poor or rich. But Rebbi said, one takes it from the rich, one does not take it from the poor…
Jerusalem Talmud Peah 1:5:7
On that day they said: what is the law applying to Ammon and Moab in the seventh year? Rabbi Tarfon decreed tithe for the poor. And Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah decreed second tithe. Rabbi Ishmael said: Elazar ben Azariah, you must produce your proof because you are expressing the stricter view and whoever expresses a stricter view has the burden to produce the proof. Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah said to him: Ishmael, my brother, I have not deviated from the sequence of years, Tarfon, my brother, has deviated from it and the burden is upon him to produce the proof…
Mishnah Yadayim 4:3
You may not partake in your settlements of the tithes of your new grain or wine or oil, or of the firstlings of your herds and flocks, or of any of the votive offerings that you vow, or of your freewill offerings, or of your contributions.
Deuteronomy 12:17
“Judah was exiled due to affliction and great enslavement. She settled among the nations, did not find rest; all her pursuers have overtaken her within the straits” (Lamentations 1:3).
“Judah was exiled.” Are the nations of the world not exiled? Rather, even though they are exiled, their exile is not exile. The nations of the world who eat of their bread and drink of their wine, their exile is not exile. Israel, who do not eat of their bread and do not drink of their wine, their exile is exile…
Eikhah Rabbah 1:28
GEMARA:
We learned
in a mishna
there
(
Pe’a
4:9): With regard to
one who gleaned the produce in the corner of the field, which is given to the poor [
pe’a
], and said: This
produce
is for so-and-so, a poor person, Rabbi Eliezer says: He
thereby
acquired
it
on
the poor person’s
behalf. And the Rabbis say:
He did not acquire it for the poor person; rather,
he should give it to the first poor person that he encounters.
…
Bava Metzia 9b:10-12
Shevi'it and second-tithe [produce] are [also] the same in that one may not use them as repayment on a loan or a debt, nor may one pay back a favor with them, nor may one redeem captives with them, nor may one use them for wedding gifts, nor may one use them toward charity levied [by the synagogue], but one may use them to send something . One does not use them for best men’s meals. One does not pay with them obligatory payments. One does not use them to pledge for charity in the synagogue. But one may use them for [voluntary] goodwill donations…
Tosefta Sheviit 7:6
The Gemara suggests:
Come
and
hear
a proof with regard to the statement of Rav Ḥisda from a mishna (
Pe’a
5:4): In the case of
a homeowner who was passing from place to place,
and he ran out of money while traveling
and needs to take gleanings, forgotten
sheaves,
pe’a
, or the poor man’s tithe
in order to sustain himself, he may
take
them,
and when he returns
to his house
he will pay
a poor person for whatever he took; this is
the statement of Rabbi Eliezer…
Chullin 130b:9-131a:13
A student of Rebbi had 199 denar; Rebbi used to let him receive the tithe of the poor once every three years. His students cast an evil eye on him and completed for him. The next time, when he wanted to let him receive as usual, he said: My teacher, I have the measure. He said, this one was hit by a beast of prey. He gave a hint to his student who took him to a store, made him spend a carat, then he (Rebbi) let him receive as he was used to do.
Jerusalem Talmud Sotah 3:4:12
I might think (that they take poor-tithe) whether or not they are "children of the covenant"; it is, therefore, written (
Ibid
.) "and the Levite" — Just as the Levite is a "child of the covenant," so, all must be "children of the covenant." "and they shall eat and be sated": Give them enough to be sated — whence they ruled: The poor man is not to be given less in the threshing floor than a half
kav
of wheat or a
kav
of barley. "who are in your gates": We are hereby taught that we do not send the poor out (of Eretz Yisrael to earn a living.)
Sifrei Devarim 110:2-4
Another
dilemma was raised before
the Sages: If one wishes to give
a field to one
person
and movable property to another, what is
the
halakha
? Can one transfer movable property to one person by means of land that is going to be gifted to another? The Gemara suggests:
Come
and
hear
that which Rabban Gamliel stated:
One-tenth
of
that
which
I will measure out in the future is given to Akiva ben Yosef so that he will acquire it on behalf of the poor, and its place is rented to him…
Kiddushin 27a:9-10
MISHNAH:
One may not give to the poor from the threshing floor less than half a
qab
of wheat or a
qab
of barley; Rebbi Meïr says, half a
qab
. One and a half
qab
of spelt, a
qab
of dried figs or a mina of fig cake; Rebbi Aqiba says, half. Half a
log
of wine; Rebbi Aqiba says, a quarter. A quarter of a
log
of olive oil; Rebbi Aqiba says, an eighth. About all other produce, Abba Shaul says enough so he may sell it and buy food for two meals from the proceeds.
Jerusalem Talmud Peah 8:4:1
If in fact
they died,
then
he must obtain permission from the heirs
in order to continue the arrangement. However,
if he lent
money
to
the deceased, and he stipulated
in the presence of the court
that the debt would be repaid in this manner, then
he does not need to obtain permission from the heirs.
GEMARA:
The mishna assumes that the priest, Levite, and poor person acquire the
teruma
and tithes that the creditor separates from his produce…
Gittin 30a:7-13
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