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הדף היומי מסכת מכות דף יז

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Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter

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[Music] Beats, page 17, beginning with the help of God, page 2, line 12 from the bottom with the words, "Start with the Tabl, the order of giving offerings and tithes." First, they give a large donation. The sages' advice: An large donation. The sages' advice: An average person who is not too generous and not too stingy gives one out of 50. For every 50 he gives one, for 100 he gives two, two parts. After giving a large donation that is brought to the priest, from what is left, the first tithe is set aside and given to the Levite. The Levite sets aside a tenth of the tithe from the first act Levite. The Levite sets aside a tenth of the tithe from the first act and gives it to the priest. Then, after we set aside a large contribution in the first act and Levi set aside a tithe contribution from the first act , there is one more tithe that needs to be set aside. What tithe? It depends on what year we're talking about. And there is a six-year cycle. After the seventh year, a year of Shemitah, between one Shemitah and another, those six years. The first and second years are added together and give a second tithe. The owner himself can eat the second tithe, but he must bring it to Jerusalem and eat it there. And in the third year, they set aside a tenth of what is left and distribute it to me. Then, in the fourth

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  2. 4:48for himself, the fruits remain fixed. Except that he stole the matter. I would say, look,
  3. 10:07fruits here that have become titheable, but he leaves and delays them with him. And what
  4. 15:11with the tithe that they set aside? They will keep it, they will keep it with
  5. 20:25Our Rabbis specifically divide an ant, which is not just a living thing, but is the
  6. 25:40as is the well-known concept, since there is a correction here by a positive commandment that
  7. 30:23took them from your hands. So your hands are a visitation. Visitation. Rabbi Shimon said, "You
  8. 35:40all the heavier weight from the confession and the wholesome, and there are lighter weight, except
  9. 40:23thrust of this breast and their market. On the other hand, the firstborn does not have
  10. 45:34this sin. And here you see that they learn by aggravation the apparent warning. The Gemara

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