Questions tagged [teruma]
terumah, a portion of crops given to kohanim
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Environmentally friendly tithe disposal
Being born in the galut, I'm not well acquainted with the laws of tithing. However, I'll need to spend some time in Israel, therefore I started to read about it. As OU's guide says, one should wrap ...
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Is a bat kohen who has relations with a pasul (not marries) then forbidden from t'rumah?
Is a bat kohen who has relations with a pasul (not marries) then forbidden from t'rumah? I ask this because I'm having trouble understanding Noam Yerushalmi's explanation of Yerushalmi Yevamot 8:6 in ...
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Why is Maaser greater than Terumah?
Why does the Levi get more tithes of a field than the Kohen? Or in other words, why is Maaser Rishon so much larger than Trumah Gedolah?
Even if the Levi gave his Terumas Maaser to the Kohen that got ...
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Are hydroponics obligated in Maaser and Terumah
According to Halacha, are crops grown in hydroponics in Eretz Yisrael obligated in the laws of Terumah and Maaser? Or no, since it is grown off the ground in hydroponics systems is it exempt?
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Other cases in which an animal gets some status of its owner?
An animal belonging to a kohen can eat Terumah.
Can a poor person's animal eat Maaser Ani?
If one owns an animal in Jeruslaem, may it consume Maaser Sheni?
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How is it concluded from Yerushalmi Shevi'it 6:1 that Rabbi Yishmael b'Rabbi Yosei was a kohen?
I heard a number of months ago that it can be concluded from Yerushalmi Shevi'it 6:1 that Rabbi Yishmael b'Rabbi Yosei was a kohen (this topic in itself is debated, see a short summary in his Hebrew ...
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Invalidating women from the priesthood and from terumah
In Yevamot 6:2, we are told that one who has sexual intercourse with various types of women will "invalidate" them. The language is as follows:
וכן הבא על אחת מכל העריות שבתורה או פסולות כגון אלמנה ...
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Why doesn't the percentage of terumas maaser mimic terumah gedolah's?
The Torah (Bamidbar 18) says that maaser rishon is meant to compensate the leviyim for their work and is treated precisely as their portion in the land and therefore is obligated in terumah and is ...
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