Questions tagged [masechet-maasrot]
The seventh tractate in the Order of Zeraim, detailing the rules regarding the tithes to be given to the Levites as specified in Numbers 18:21-24.
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Is a courtyard for ma'aser also obligated in mezuza?
There are some similarities between the laws of a house that obligates produce in ma'aser, and a house that is obligated to have a mezuza. Produce becomes obligated in ma'aser once it enters a house. ...
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Is there a practical difference between different ways of food becoming obligated in ma'aser?
The Rambam (Ma'aser 3:3), apparently based on the Yerushalmi (Ma'asrot 4:1), lists six things that make food fixed (קבע) in the obligation for ma'aser: bringing it into a courtyard, buying/selling, ...
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Why are there three different lists of ownerless produce?
The Mishna (Demay 1:1) gives a list of different types of produce exempt from demay. In Ma'asrot 5:8 and in Shevi'it 9:1, there are two more distinct lists of things that are exempt from ma'aser and ...
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What does an olive press look like?
Mishna, Maasros 1:7::
הַשֶּׁמֶן, מִשֶּׁיֵּרֵד לָעוּקָה. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיָּרַד, נוֹטֵל מִן
הֶעָקָל וּמִבֵּין הַמָּמָל וּמִבֵּין הַפַּצִּים, וְנוֹתֵן לַחֲמִטָּה
וְלַתַּמְחוּי, אֲבָל לֹא יִתֵּן ...
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