Who knows one hundred ninety-nine?
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That is, "One who has 200 zuz shall not take leket, shich'cha, pea, and maasar ani. If he had 200 minus a dinar, even if 1000 give him at once he may take." From the mishna, Pea 8:8. Note that a dinar is a zuz. |
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Related to msh210's answer, the gematria of צדקה is 199, symbolizing the idea that one who has 199 dinar is still entitled to tzedakah. |
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Acc to R' Lazar, Orlah is batel in 199 parts of heter. (Yerushalmi Gemara 12b M2H2) |
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