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do not read it as “for 3 [lishelosh]” but as: For 1/3rd [lishelish]. And learn from here that the year for tithes is determined by the date on which the produce reaches 1/3rd of its growth.
The Talmud raises a difficulty: But the phrase is necessary for the meaning of the verse itself, to teach that the 6th year will be blessed so that it yields 3 years’ worth of produce. The Talmud answers: It is written in another verse: “And you shall sow the 8th year, and eat yet of old produce un
§ We learned in a Mishnah there: Rice, millet, poppy, and sesame that took root before Rosh HaShana are tithed in accordance with the outgoing year, meaning that second tithe is set aside in the first, second, 4th, and fifth years of the Sabbatical cycle, and poor man’s tithe is set aside in the thi
Rabba said: Say that the rabbis said that the tithe year of a tree follows the time of the formation of its fruit, that of grain and olives follows the time that they reach 1/3rd of their growth, and that of vegetables follows the time of their picking. The question may therefore be raised: With r
Rabba then said: The reason for their uniqueness with regard to tithing is that since these crops do not ripen all at once, but rather, they ripen and are gathered little by little over an extended period of time, if their year were to follow the time of their picking, people might set aside tithes