mishnah-daily

[mishnah-daily]

One who had ten rows each containing ten jugs of wine, and said: “One exterior row shall be tithe,” and it is not known which row [he meant], he must take two jugs [each from the ends of] a diagonal line. [If he had said:] “One half of one exterior row shall be tithe” and it is not known which half row [he meant], he must take four jugs from the four corners. [If he had said:] “One row shall be tithe,” and it is not known which row [he meant], he must take one [whole] row in a diagonal line. [If he had said:] “Half of one row shall be tithe,” and it is not known which half row [he meant], he must take two rows in a diagonal line. [If he had said:] “One jug shall be tithe,” and it is not known which jug [he meant],he must take from every jug.

Mishnah Demai 7:8

Original Text:

“מִי שֶׁהָיוּ לוֹ עֶשֶׂר שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל עֶשֶׂר עֶשֶׂר כַּדֵּי יַיִן, וְאָמַר, שׁוּרָה הַחִיצוֹנָה אַחַת מַעֲשֵׂר, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אֵיזוֹ הִיא, נוֹטֵל שְׁתֵּי חָבִיּוֹת לוֹכְסָן. חֲצִי שׁוּרָה הַחִיצוֹנָה אַחַת מַעֲשֵׂר, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אֵיזוֹ הִיא, נוֹטֵל אַרְבַּע חָבִיּוֹת מֵאַרְבַּע זָוִיּוֹת. שׁוּרָה אַחַת מַעֲשֵׂר, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אֵיזוֹ הִיא, נוֹטֵל שׁוּרָה אַחַת לוֹכְסָן. חֲצִי שׁוּרָה אַחַת מַעֲשֵׂר, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אֵיזוֹ הִיא, נוֹטֵל שְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת לוֹכְסָן. חָבִית אַחַת מַעֲשֵׂר, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אֵיזוֹ הִיא, נוֹטֵל מִכָּל חָבִית וְחָבִית”

[mishnah-daily]

One hundred [parts of] tevel which [were mixed with] a hundred [parts of] common produce, one must take out a hundred and one [parts]. One hundred [parts of] tevel which [were mixed with] a hundred [parts of first] tithe, one must take out a hundred and one [parts]. One hundred [parts of] common produce from which tithes had been separated [were mixed with] a hundred [parts of] tithe, one must take out a hundred and ten [parts]. One hundred [parts of] tevel [were mixed with] ninety [parts of] tithe, or ninety [parts of] tevel [were mixed with] eighty [parts of] tithe, he has not lost anything. This is the general rule: whenever the tevel is the greater [portion of the mixture] he has not lost anything.

Mishnah Demai 7:7

Original Text:

“מֵאָה טֶבֶל מֵאָה חֻלִּין, נוֹטֵל מֵאָה וְאֶחָד. מֵאָה טֶבֶל מֵאָה מַעֲשֵׂר, נוֹטֵל מֵאָה וְאֶחָד. מֵאָה חֻלִּין מְתֻקָּנִים מֵאָה מַעֲשֵׂר, נוֹטֵל מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר. מֵאָה טֶבֶל תִּשְׁעִים מַעֲשֵׂר, תִּשְׁעִים טֶבֶל וּשְׁמוֹנִים מַעֲשֵׂר, לֹא הִפְסִיד כְּלוּם. זֶה הַכְּלָל, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהַטֶּבֶל מְרֻבֶּה, לֹא הִפְסִיד כְּלוּם”

[mishnah-daily]

There were before him two baskets full of tevel, and he said: “Let the tithes of this [basket] be in that [basket],” the first [basket] is tithed. [If he said:] “Let the tithes of this [basket] be in that [basket], and the tithes of that [basket] in this [basket],” the first basket is tithed [whereas the second is not]. [If he said:] “Let the tithes be so that the tithes of each basket be in the other,” he has designated [the tithes of either basket].

Mishnah Demai 7:6

Original text:

“הָיוּ לְפָנָיו שְׁתֵּי כַלְכָּלוֹת שֶׁל טֶבֶל, וְאָמַר, מַעַשְׂרוֹת זוֹ בָזוֹ, הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מְעֻשָּׂרֶת. שֶׁל זוֹ בָזוֹ וְשֶׁל זוֹ בָזוֹ, הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מְעֻשֶּׂרֶת. מַעַשְׂרוֹתֵיהֶן מַעַשְׂרוֹת כַּלְכָּלָה בַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ, קָרָא שֵׁם”

[mishnah-daily]

He had figs of tevel in his house, and he is in the house of study or in the field: he may say: “The two figs which I shall set apart shall be terumah, ten figs shall be first tithe, and nine figs second tithe.” If the figs were demai, he may say: “Whatever I shall separate tomorrow will be tithe, and the rest of the tithe is adjacent to it. That which I made tithe will become terumat maaser for the whole, and the second tithe is to the north or to the south and it shall be exchanged for money.”

Mishnah Demai 7:5

Original Text:

“הָיוּ לוֹ תְאֵנִים שֶׁל טֶבֶל בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ, וְהוּא בְּבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ אוֹ בַשָּׂדֶה, אוֹמֵר, שְׁתֵּי תְאֵנִים שֶׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לְהַפְרִישׁ, הֲרֵי הֵן תְּרוּמָה, וְעֶשֶׂר מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן, וְתֵשַׁע מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי. הָיוּ דְמַאי, אוֹמֵר, מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לְהַפְרִישׁ לְמָחָר, הֲרֵי הוּא מַעֲשֵׂר, וּשְׁאָר מַעֲשֵׂר סָמוּךְ לוֹ, זֶה שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי מַעֲשֵׂר עָשׂוּי תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר עָלָיו, וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בִּצְפוֹנוֹ אוֹ בִדְרוֹמוֹ, וּמְחֻלָּל עַל הַמָּעוֹת”

[mishnah-daily]

One who buys wine among Samaritans, he may say: “Two logs which I shall set apart shall be terumah, ten logs tithe, and nine logs second tithe.” He may then pour the wine and drink it.

Mishnah Demai 7:4

Original Text:

“הַלּוֹקֵחַ יַיִן מִבֵּין הַכּוּתִים, אוֹמֵר, שְׁנֵי לֻגִּין שֶׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לְהַפְרִישׁ, הֲרֵי הֵן תְּרוּמָה, וַעֲשָׂרָה מַעֲשֵׂר, וְתִשְׁעָה מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי. מֵחֵל וְשׁוֹתֶה”

[mishnah-daily]

A worker who does not trust his employer [in respect of tithes], may take one dried fig and say: “This one and the nine which come after it shall become tithe for the ninety which I shall eat. This one shall become the terumat maaser for them, and the last ones shall be second tithe which shall be exchanged for money.” And he must put aside one dried fig. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says: he does not put one aside, because this reduce the work for his employer. Rabbi Yose says: he does not put one aside, because this is a court stipulation [imposed upon the employer].

Mishnah Demai 7:3

Original Text:

“פּוֹעֵל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַאֲמִין לְבַעַל הַבַּיִת, נוֹטֵל גְּרוֹגֶרֶת אַחַת וְאוֹמֵר, זוֹ וְתֵשַׁע הַבָּאוֹת אַחֲרֶיהָ, עֲשׂוּיוֹת מַעֲשֵׂר עַל תִּשְׁעִים שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹכֵל, זוֹ עֲשׂוּיָה תְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר עֲלֵיהֶן, וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה, וּמְחֻלָּל עַל הַמָּעוֹת, וְחוֹשֵׂךְ גְּרוֹגֶרֶת אֶחָת. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, לֹא יַחְשׂךְ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְמַעֵט מְלַאכְתּוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבָּיִת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר לֹא יַחְשׂךְ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא תְנַאי בֵּית דִּין”

[mishnah-daily]

They pour him a cup [of wine on the sabbath], he says: “What I will leave at the bottom of the cup shall be tithe, and what is nearest to it shall be the rest of the tithe. That which I made tithe shall become terumat maaser for the whole, and second tithe is at the mouth of the cup, and it is exchanged for money.

Mishnah Demai 7:2

Original Text:

“מָזְגוּ לוֹ אֶת הַכּוֹס, אוֹמֵר, מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לְשַׁיֵּר בְּשׁוּלֵי הַכּוֹס, הֲרֵי הוּא מַעֲשֵׂר, וּשְׁאָר מַעֲשֵׂר סָמוּךְ לוֹ, זֶה שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי מַעֲשֵׂר עָשׂוּי תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר עָלָיו, וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בְּפִיו, וּמְחֻלָּל עַל הַמָּעוֹת”

[mishnah-daily]

One who invites his friend [before Shabbat] to eat with him [on Shabbat], and [his friend] does not trust him in respect of tithes, [the friend] may say on the eve of Shabbat, “What I will set apart tomorrow, behold it shall be tithe, and what is nearest to it shall be the rest of the tithe. That which I made tithe will become the terumah of the tithe for the whole, and the second tithe is to the north or to the south and it shall be exchanged for money.”

Mishnah Demai 7:1

Original Text:

“הַמַּזְמִין אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ שֶׁיֹּאכַל אֶצְלוֹ, וְהוּא אֵינוֹ מַאֲמִינוֹ עַל הַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת, אוֹמֵר מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לְהַפְרִישׁ מָחָר, הֲרֵי הוּא מַעֲשֵׂר, וּשְׁאָר מַעֲשֵׂר סָמוּךְ לוֹ, זֶה שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי מַעֲשֵׂר עָשׂוּי תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר עָלָיו, וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בִּצְפוֹנוֹ אוֹ בִדְרוֹמוֹ, וּמְחֻלָּל עַל הַמָּעוֹת”

[mishnah-daily]

If an am haaretz said to a chaver, “Buy me a bundle of vegetables,” or: “Buy me a loaf of bread,” the chaver may buy it without checking [whether it had been tithed], and he is exempt [from tithing it]. But if the chaver said: “This one I am buying for myself and this one for my friend,” and they got mixed up, he must tithe [them both], even if there were one hundred [for the am haaretz.]

Mishnah Demai 6:12

Original Text:

“עַם הָאָרֶץ שֶׁאָמַר לְחָבֵר, קַח לִי אֲגֻדַּת יָרָק, קַח לִי גְלֻסְקָן אֶחָד, לוֹקֵחַ סְתָם וּפָטוּר. וְאִם אָמַר, שֶׁלִּי זֶה, וְזֶה שֶׁל חֲבֵרִי, וְנִתְעָרְבוּ, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר, וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵן מֵאָה”

[mishnah-daily]

One who sells produce in Syria and declared “It was grown in the land of Israel,” the purchaser must tithe it. [But if he also said], “It has been tithed,” he may be trusted, because the mouth that forbade is the same mouth that permitted. [If he said: The produce is] from my own field,” the purchaser must tithe it. [But if he added:] “It has already been tithed,” he may be trusted, because the mouth that forbade is the same mouth that permitted. If it was known that he had a field in Syria, the purchaser must tithe it.

Mishnah Demai 6:11

Original Text:

“הַמּוֹכֵר פֵּרוֹת בְּסוּרְיָא, וְאָמַר מִשֶּׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵן, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר. מְעֻשָּׂרִין הֵן, נֶאֱמָן, שֶׁהַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר. מִשֶּׁלִּי הֵן, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר, מְעֻשָּׂרִין הֵן, נֶאֱמָן, שֶׁהַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר. וְאִם יָדוּעַ שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ שָׂדֶה אֶחָד בְּסוּרְיָא, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר”

[mishnah-daily]

A convert and a gentile who inherited [the property of] their father, a gentile: he (the convert) can say [to his brother the gentile]: “You take the idols and I will take the money,” or: “You take the wine and I will take the produce.” But from the time [that any part of the inheritance] came into the possession of the convert, he is forbidden [to say so].

Mishnah Demai 6:10

Original Text:

“גֵּר וְגוֹי שֶׁיָּרְשׁוּ אֶת אֲבִיהֶם גּוֹי, יָכוֹל הוּא לוֹמַר, טֹל אַתָּה עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וַאֲנִי מָעוֹת, אַתָּה יַיִן וַאֲנִי פֵרוֹת. וְאִם מִשֶּׁבָּאוּ לִרְשׁוּת הַגֵּר, אָסוּר”

[mishnah-daily]

A chaver (rabbinic associate) and an am haaretz who inherited [the property of] their father who was an am haaretz, he (the chaver) may say to him (the am haaretz): “You take the wheat which is in this place and I will take the wheat which is in that place.” Or, “You take the wine which is in this place and I will take the wine which is in that place.” But he may not say to him: “You take the wheat and I will take the barley,” or, “You take the wine and I will take the oil,” or: “You take the moist produce and I will take the dry produce.”

Mishnah Demai 6:9

Original Text:

“חָבֵר וְעַם הָאָרֶץ שֶׁיָּרְשׁוּ אֶת אֲבִיהֶם עַם הָאָרֶץ, יָכוֹל הוּא לוֹמַר לוֹ, טֹל אַתָּה חִטִּים שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי וַאֲנִי חִטִּים שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי, אַתָּה יַיִן שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי וַאֲנִי יַיִן שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי. אֲבָל לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ, טֹל אַתָּה חִטִּים וַאֲנִי שְׂעוֹרִים, טֹל אַתָּה הַלַּח וַאֲנִי אֶטֹּל אֶת הַיָּבֵשׁ”

[mishnah-daily]

Two men who rented a field [for a share in the produce], or inherited [a field], or became partners in it: the one [who tithes] may say to the other [who does not tithe], “You take the wheat which is in this place and I will take the wheat which is in that place.” Or, “You take the wine which is in this place and I will take the wine which is in that place.” But he may not say to him: “You take the wheat and I will take the barley,” or, “You take the wine and I will take the oil.”

Mishnah Demai 6:8

Seder Zeraim:

“שְׁנַיִם שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ שָׂדֶה בַאֲרִיסוּת, אוֹ שֶׁיָּרְשׁוּ אוֹ שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּתְּפוּ, יָכוֹל הוּא לוֹמַר, טֹל אַתָּה חִטִּים שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי וַאֲנִי חִטִּים שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי, אַתָּה יַיִן שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי וַאֲנִי יַיִן שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי. אֲבָל לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ, טֹל אַתָּה חִטִּים וַאֲנִי שְׂעוֹרִים, טֹל אַתָּה יַיִן וַאֲנִי אֶטֹּל שָׁמֶן”

[mishnah-daily]

Two gathered [the fruit of] their vineyards into one winepress, one of whom tithes and the other does not tithe the one who tithes may tithe his own share and his share wherever it may be.

Mishnah Demai 6:7

Original Text:

“שְׁנַיִם שֶׁבָּצְרוּ אֶת כַּרְמֵיהֶם לְתוֹךְ גַּת אַחַת, אֶחָד מְעַשֵּׂר וְאֶחָד שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעַשֵּׂר, הַמְעַשֵּׂר מְעַשֵּׂר אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ, וְחֶלְקוֹ בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא”

[mishnah-daily]

Bet Shammai says: a man may sell his olives only to a “chaver (an ‘associate’).” But Bet Hillel says: [one may sell them] even to one who only] tithes. And the pious among Bet Hillel used to act in accordance with the words of Bet Shammai.

Mishnah Demai 6:6

Original Text:

“בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, לֹא יִמְכֹּר אָדָם אֶת זֵיתָיו אֶלָּא לְחָבֵר. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אַף לִמְעַשֵּׂר. וּצְנוּעֵי בֵית הִלֵּל הָיוּ נוֹהֲגִין כְּדִבְרֵי בֵית שַׁמָּאי”

[mishnah-daily]

[An Israelite] who rents olive trees [from a priest or a Levite] for [a share in the] oil: just as they divide the non-sacred produce, so they divide the terumah. Rabbi Judah says: an Israelite who rented [olive trees] from a priest or a levite for the oil for a share of half the profit, the tithes belong to the owner.

Mishnah Demai 6:5

Original Text:

“הַמְקַבֵּל זֵיתִים לְשֶׁמֶן, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁחוֹלְקִין בַּחֻלִּין כָּךְ חוֹלְקִין בַּתְּרוּמָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁקִּבֵּל מִכֹּהֵן וּמִלֵּוִי זֵיתִים לְשֶׁמֶן לְמַחֲצִית שָׂכָר, הַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת לַבְּעָלִים”

[mishnah-daily]

If an Israelite rented a field from a priest or from a Levite [for a share in the produce] the tithes belong to the owners [of the field]. Rabbi Ishmael says: if a city dweller [from outside of Jerusalem] rented a field from a Jerusalemite, the second tithe belongs to the inhabitant of Jerusalem. But the sages say: the city dweller may go up and eat the second tithe in Jerusalem.

Mishnah Demai 6:4

Original Text:

“יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁקִּבֵּל מִכֹּהֵן וּמִלֵּוִי, הַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת לַבְּעָלִים. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, הַקַּרְתָּנִי שֶׁקִּבֵּל שָׂדֶה מִירוּשַׁלְמִי, מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי שֶׁל יְרוּשַׁלְמִי. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, יָכוֹל הוּא הַקַּרְתָּנִי לַעֲלוֹת וּלְאָכְלוֹ בִירוּשָׁלָיִם”