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Terumot (“Required Donations of Agricultural Produce to Priestly Households”) is a tractate in Seder Zeraim (“Order of Seeds”) that discusses terumot and the sacred status of that produce. The tractate’s eleven chapters address details such as who is and is not qualified to separate terumah (singular of “terumot”), how to treat mixtures of forbidden and permitted produce, and permissible and prohibited ways of consuming terumah.

Composed: Talmudic Israel (c.375 - c.425 CE)נוצר/נערך: ישראל התלמודית (375 - 425 לספירה בקירוב)

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משנה: חֲמִשָּׁה לֹא יִתְרוֹמוּ וְאִם תָּֽרְמוּ תְרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה. הָאִילֵּם וְהַשִּׁיכּוֹר וְהֶעָרוֹם וְהַסּוֹמֶה וּבַעַל קֶרִי לֹא יִתְרוֹמוּ וְאִם תָּֽרְמוּ תְרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה. אֵין תּוֹרְמִין לֹא בְמִידָּה וְלֹא בְמִשְׁקָל וְלֹא בְמִנְייָן אֲבָל תּוֹרֵם הוּא אֶת הַמָּדוּד וְאֶת הַשָּׁקוּל וְאֶת הַמָּנוּי. אֵין תּוֹרְמִין בְּסַל וּבְקוּפָּה שֶׁהֵן שֶׁל מִידָּה. אֲבָל תּוֹרֵם הוּא בָּהֶן חֶצְייָן אוֹ שְׁלִישָׁן. לֹא יִתְרוֹם בִּסְאָה חֶצְייָהּ שֶׁחֶצְייָהּ מִידָּה.

MISHNAH: Five categories of persons should not give heave but if they gave, their heave is heave. The mute, the drunk, the naked person, the blind, and a man who had an emission of semen should not give heave but if they gave, their heave is heave.
One gives heave neither by measure, nor by weight, nor by count. But one may give heave from what was measured, weighed, or counted. One does not give heave in a measuring basket or box, but one may give in them a half or a third. One should not give half a seah of heave in a seah vessel because half of it is a [standard] measure.

הלכה: יֵשׁ מֵהֶן מִפְּנֵי בְרָכָה וְיֵשׁ מֵהֶן מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין יְכוֹלִין לִתְרוֹם מִן הַמּוּבְחָר. הָאִילֵּם וְהֶעָרוֹם וּבַעַל קֶרִי מִפְּנֵי בְרָכָה הַסּוֹמֵא וְהַשִּׁיכּוֹר שֶׁאֵין יְכוֹלִין לִתְרוֹם מִן הַמּוּבְחָר.

HALAKHAH: “Some of these [rules] are because of the benediction, some because the [persons] are unable to give from the best. The mute, the naked person, and the man who had an emission because of the benediction, the blind and the drunk because they cannot give from the best.”

אַבָּא בַּר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר שָׁתוּי אַל יִתְפַּלֵּל וְאִם הִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִילָּתוֹ תַחֲנוּנִים. שִׁיכּוֹר אַל יִתְפַּלֵּל וְאִם הִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִילָּתוֹ גִידּוּפִין. אֵי זֶהוּ שָׁתוּי כָּל־שֶׁשָּׁתָה רְבִיעִית שִׁיכּוֹר שֶׁשָּׁתָה יוֹתֵר. תַּמָּן אָמַר כָּל־שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְדַבֵּר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ. רִבִּי זְעִירָא בְּעָא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי אִיסִּי שִׁיכּוֹר מָהוּ שֶׁיְּבָרֵךְ. אָמַר לֵיהּ וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ וּבֵרַכְתָּ וַאֲפִילוּ מְדוּמְדָּם. לֹא צוֹרְכָא דְּלֹא מָהוּ שֶׁיִּקְרָא שְׁמַע אָמַר אַבָּא בַּר אָבִין חַד חָסִיד שָׁאַל לְאֱלִיָּה זָכוּר לַטּוֹב עָרוּם מָהוּ שֶׁיִּקְרָא שְׁמַע. אָמַר לֵיהּ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר עֶרְוַת דִּיבּוּר. תַּנֵּי חִזְקִיָּה בֵּין לִקְרוֹת בֵּין לְבָרֵךְ.

Abba bar Rav Huna said, one who drank [wine] should not pray but if he did pray, his prayer is a supplication. A drunk should not pray but if he did pray, his prayer is blasphemy. What is one who drank [wine]? Someone who drank a quartarius; a drunk is one who drank more. There, it is said if he cannot speak before a king. Rebbi Zeïra asked before Rebbi Assi: May a drunk recite Grace? He said to him (Deut. 11:15): “When you will eat and be satiated, then you must praise”, even if you are sleepy. The question is only, may he recite the Shema‘? Abba bar Avin said, a pious person asked Elijah, may he be remembered for the good, may a naked person recite the Shema‘? He said to him (Deut. 23:15): “He should not see in you a thing of turpitude,” a word of turpitude. Ḥizqiah stated: both for reciting [Grace] and reading [the Shema‘].

תַּמָּן תַּנִּינָן הַמּוֹנֶה מְשׁוּבָּח וְהַמּוֹדֵד מְשׁוּבָּח הִימֶּנּוּ וְהַשּׁוֹקֵל מְשׁוּבָּח מִשְּׁלָשְׁתָּן. וָכָא אַתְּ אָמַר כֵּן. אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי כָּאן בִּתְרוּמָה גְדוֹלָה כָּאן בִּתְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר. וְתַנֵּי כֵן אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן גִּימֶל אוֹמֵר מְנַייִן שֶׁאֵין תּוֹרְמִין לֹא בְמִידָּה וְלֹא בְמִשְׁקָל וְלֹא בְמִנְייָן תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְנֶחְשַׁב לָכֶם תְּרוּמַתְכֶם. בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה אַתְּ תּוֹרֵם וְאֵין אַתְּ תּוֹרֵם בְּמִשְׁקָל וּבְמִידָּה וּבְמִנְייָן. מָה תְרוּמָה גְדוֹלָה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה אַף תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה.

There, we have stated: “One who counts is praiseworthy, he who measures is better, and he who weighs is the best of the three.” And here, you say so? Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, here for the Great Heave, there for the heave of the tithe. We have stated so: “Eliezer ben Gimel says, from where that one does not give heave by measurement, weight, or count? The verse says (Num. 18:27): ‘Your heave will be thought of for you’. You give heave by thought, you do not give heave by measurement, weight, or count. Just as this is for the Great Heave, so it is for the heave of the tithe.”

וְהָתַנִּינָן אֲבָל תּוֹרֵם הוּא אֶת הַמָּדוּד וְאֶת הַשָּׁקוּל וְאֶת הַמָּנוּי. אָמַר רִבִּי לָֽעְזָר כֵּינִי מַתְנִיתָא מוֹדֵד אָדָם אֶת טִיבְלוֹ וּמַכְנִיסוֹ לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִתְרוֹם בְּמִידָּה. שׁוֹקֵל אָדָם אֶת טִיבְלוֹ וּמַכְנִיסוֹ לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁקְלֶנּוּ בְּמִשְׁקָל. מוֹנֶה הוּא אָדָם אֶת טִיבְלוֹ וּמַכְנִיסוֹ לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִתְרוֹם בְּמִנְייָן.

Did we not state: “But one may give heave from what was measured, weighed, or counted”? Rebbi Eleazar said, so is the Mishnah: “A person may measure his ṭevel and bring it into his house on condition that he not give heave by measure. A person may weigh his ṭevel and bring it into his house on condition that he not weigh by weight. A person may count his ṭevel and bring it into his house on condition that he not give heave by count.”

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חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:

Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they: The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).

I like to call out to all my Jewish friends:

Zechariah 8:23

23So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."		כגכֹּֽה־אָמַר֘ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם:
ten men: from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred.		עשרה אנשים: משבעים לשון הרי שבע מאות לכל כנף וכנף הרי לד' כנפי הטלית אלפים ושמונ' מאו':

Please Judah if a righteous gentile tries ‘to grasp your ‘tsi-sit’ and say: "Let me go with you, for I have heard that God is with you." Open your heart for him/her and share all our Torah. The Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu as it is written and spared and is teaches in the Tanach and all scripture of Rabbinical Judaism………

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