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With regard to matzot of second-tithe produce: In accordance with the statement of R' Meir, a person cannot fulfill his obligation to eat matza on the first night of Passover with this matza. R' Meir considers it consecrated property, and one must eat matza that belongs to him, not consecrated prope
The same dispute applies to a citron of second-tithe produce: In accordance with the statement of R' Meir, one cannot fulfill his obligation to take the 4 species on the 1st day of the festival of Sukkot with this citron. In accordance with the statement of the Rabbis, a person can use this citron t
Rav Pappa strongly objects to this statement: Granted, one must separate ḥalla from this dough, as it is written: “Of the first of your dough you shall give to YHWH a portion [ḥalla] for a gift throughout your generations” (Numbers 15:21). This verse can be read in a very precise manner, so that t
With regard to a citron too, a similar conclusion can be drawn, as it is written: “And you shall take for yourselves on the 1st day a fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook” (Leviticus 23:40). Here too, the expression “for yourselves” indic
Rava said, and some say Rav Yeimar bar Shelamya said: This principle can be derived by means of a verbal analogy between “bread” and “bread.” It is written here, with regard to matza: “Poor man’s bread” (Deuteronomy 16:3), and it is written there, with regard to ḥalla: “And it shall be that when y