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and one who eats them when they themselves, the second tithe and first fruits, are ritually impure is flogged, even though he himself is ritually pure, which is not the case with regard to teruma; and these differences the tanna does not teach. Apparently, the tanna of the Mishnah taught certain
§ Having cited the Mishnah, the Talmud proceeds to discuss it. It was taught in the baraita that second tithe and first fruits are forbidden to an acute mourner; and R' Shimon permits an acute mourner to partake of first fruits. The Talmud asks: From where do the Rabbis derive that first fruits are
And R' Shimon counters that since God calls first fruits “teruma,” the halakha governing them is similar to that which governs teruma: Just as teruma is permitted to an acute mourner, so too, first fruits are permitted to an acute mourner.
The baraita continues: And both second tithe and first fruits require eradication before Passover in the 4th and 7th years of the Sabbatical cycle; and R' Shimon exempts first fruits from the obligation of eradication. One Sage, the Rabbis, juxtaposes first fruits to second tithe: Just as second ti
It was stated above that it is prohibited to burn second tithe and first fruits even when they are in a state of ritual impurity, and that one who eats them when they themselves, the second tithe and first fruits, are ritually impure is flogged, even though he himself is ritually pure. From where