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from when is a non-priest who eats first fruits liable to receive death at the hand of Heaven for their consumption? One is liable from when the fruits will enter inside the Temple. The Talmud notes: In accordance with whose opinion is this halakha stated? It is in accordance with the opinion of th
§ Rav Sheshet says: With regard to first fruits, the lack of placement alongside the altar invalidates them; while the lack of recitation of the accompanying Torah verses does not invalidate them.
The Talmud notes: In accordance with whose opinion is this halakha stated? It is in accordance with the opinion of this tanna, R' Yishmael, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says 3 statements in the name of 3 elders, and one of those statements is that which R' Yishmael says: One might h
R' Yishmael continues and counters: What is notable about a firstborn? Bringing the firstborn to Jerusalem is required only in the presence of the Temple, because it is notable in that it requires placement of its blood and its sacrificial portions upon the altar; will you say the same with regard
R' Yishmael concludes: Therefore, the verse states: “And you shall eat before YHWH your God…the tithe of your grain…and the firstborn of your herd and your flock” (Deuteronomy 14:23); the Torah juxtaposes second-tithe produce to the firstborn. Just as the firstborn may be eaten there only in the pre