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terumah, a portion of crops given to kohanim
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Is Maaser Rishon Calculated Based on Quality or Quantity
The Mishna (Terumot 4:6) writes:
המונה משובח והמודד משובח ממנו והשוקל משובח משלשתן.
One who counts is [more] praiseworthy [than one who estimates]; one who measures is more praiseworthy than one who …
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Meiruach through a side door
You are confusing Meiruach (or more generally, Gemar Melakha -- finishing the labor) and Keva' (establishment).
When one picks produce owned by a Jew in Israel, he is allowed to snack on it (אכילת ער …
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What is תרומת הדשן?
The ת in תרומה isn't part of the root. You know this root from רם על כל גוים or על ההרים הרמים or אשר הונף ואשר הורם. It means high, and in [Hif'il] verb form in means to make high, ie. to lift up. So …
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Why would one use a Shilling for Terumah?
In years 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Shemitta cycle, the Second Tithe is separated from produce. This tithe is to be brought up and eaten in Jerusalem in purity. If one is outside Jerusalem (or the produce …
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Terumah for non-Kohanim
A poor person cannot eat Terumah unless he is a Kohein or part of a Kohein's family. Poverty doesn't help in any way. (See Rambam Terumot 11:27 for a similar case.) (You can give a poor person Demai ( …
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Mishna Demai 5:11: why can't you take teruma from vadai on demai?
(Note one cannot declare an entire crop Teruma even if one tried.) Thus if it is still real Tevel Maaser Rishon, it still needs to have Terumat Maaser seperated from it. …
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Formulation of blessing on individual tithes
should be Lehafrish Teruma/Teruma/Maaser/Maaser/Maaser. … Halachot, Halichot uMinhagei Eretz Yisrael by R' Chaim Luntul (p 75) writes that the blessings would be Lehafrish Teruma/Teruma/Maaser/Maaser/Maaser. …