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Mishnah: For one who vows that grain [dagan] is forbidden to him, it is prohibited to eat the dry cowpea, because, like grain, its final stage of production involves being placed in a pile; this is the statement of R' Meir. And the Rabbis say: It is prohibited for him to partake of only the 5 spe
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Is this to say that according to R' Meir, the term dagan means any produce that is harvested at one time and placed in a pile [midgan]? Rav Yosef raised an objection: After King Hezekiah called upon the people to give teruma and tithes properly, the verse states: “And as s
§ We learned in the Mishnah that R' Meir says: For one who vows that grain [tevua] is forbidden to him, it is prohibited for him to eat from only the 5 species of grain. R' Yoḥanan said: Everyone concedes with regard to one who vows that tevua is forbidden to him that it is prohibited for him to ea
Rav Yosef raised an objection: With regard to the verse “And as soon as the matter was publicized, the children of Israel gave in abundance…and of all the tevua of the field,” the phrase “and of all the tevua of the field” comes to include all crops that grow in the field. Rava said: Tevua is discr
§ The Talmud relates: The son of Master Shmuel commanded his workers that they give 13,000 dinars to Rava from the crop [alalta] produced in his fields on the banks of the Panya River. Rava sent this question before Rav Yosef: What is called alalta; what crops are included in the category of alalta