Kerem revai (ein Weinberg in seinem vierten Jahr), [der eine Erlösung erfordert, wenn er seine Früchte außerhalb Jerusalems essen möchte (und das gilt auch für jeden Obstbaum)] —Beth Shammai sagt: Es erfordert kein Chomesh (die Hinzufügung eines Fünftels seines Wertes) [es wird nicht in der Thora geschrieben, dass ein Fünftel hinzugefügt werden soll, wie es in Bezug auf den zweiten Zehnten geschrieben ist]; und es erfordert keine Entfernung [aus dem Haus am Vorabend von Pesach des vierten und siebten Jahres, wenn er den Zehnten entfernt, nämlich. (5. Mose 26:13): "Ich habe das Heilige (ma'aser sheni und neta revai) (siehe 3. Mose 27:30 und 19:24) aus dem Haus entfernt."] Und Beth Hillel sagt: Es erfordert ein Chomesh und es muss entfernt werden. [Beth Hillel leitet es (durch Identität) "heilig" - "heilig" von ma'aser ab—So wie Ma'aser ein Chomesh und eine Entfernung erfordert, so erfordert Zerem Revai ein Chomesh und eine Entfernung. und Beth Shammai leiten es nicht von dort ab.] Beth Shammai sagt: Es unterliegt dem Peret (dem Nehmen einzelner [gefallener] Trauben durch die Armen) und dem Oleloth (dem Nehmen einzelner [gefallener]) ] Trauben von den Armen), [denn sie gelten als chullin (nicht heilig) als Besitzer]; und die Armen erlösen für sich selbst (das Peret und das Oleloth, das sie gepflückt haben) und essen sie an ihren Orten und bringen ihre (Erlösungs-) Gelder nach Jerusalem.] Und Beth Hillel sagt: Sie alle gehen zur Weinpresse, [ denn sie leiten sich von ma'aser ab (kerem revai) und halten fest, dass ma'aser sheni als heilig für den Besitzer gilt. Deshalb haben die Armen keinen Anteil daran. Und die Besitzer drücken die Olelim zusammen mit den restlichen Trauben und bringen alles nach Jerusalem.]
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כרם רבעי (this Mishnah is also taught in Tractate Peah, Chapter 7, Mishnah 6 and also in Tractate Ma’aser Sheni, Chapter 5, Mishnah 3) – which needs redemption if he comes to eat it outside of Jerusalem and the same law applies to all fruit-bearing trees.
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Introduction
Our mishnah contains several disputes between Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel with regards to the status of the fruit of a vineyard in its fourth year, which according to Leviticus 19:24 must be “set aside”. The Rabbis teach that this fruit is similar to second tithe and that both may be consumed by their owners only in Jerusalem. In our mishnah Beth Shammai says that despite some similarities to second tithe there are some key differences. Beth Hillel teaches that they are completely the same.
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אין לו חומש – For the Torah did not write concerning it that the owners add one-fifth in the matter that it wrote regarding the Second Tithe.
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A vineyard of the fourth year Beth Shammai says: it is not subject to the law of the fifth nor to the law of removal. And Beth Hillel says: it is subject to the law of the fifth and to the law of removal. The fruit of a vineyard in its fourth year is treated similar to second tithe. Both must be brought to Jerusalem and consumed there. If it is too far or too difficult to carry the actual fruit to Jerusalem one may redeem it for money and bring the money to Jerusalem and use it to buy food there. When second tithe is redeemed for money, a person must add one-fifth the value of the produce being redeemed. According to Beth Shammai, when one redeems the fruit of fourth year vineyard he does not need to add the fifth. According to Beth Hillel he does, just as he does with second tithe. Before Passover on the fourth and seventh years of a seven year (shmittah) cycle, one must remove all of the tithes from one’s house. This is called the “law of removal”. According to Beth Shammai the law does not apply to the removal of the fruit of a fourth year vineyard. According to Beth Hillel it does.
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ואין לו ביעור – he is not liable to remove it from the house on the Eve of Passover of the fourth year and of the seventh year as one removes the tithes, as it is written (Deuteronomy 26:13): “[You shall declare before the LORD your God:] ‘I have cleared out the consecrated portion from the house, [and I have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless and the widow…].”
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Beth Shammai says: it is subject to the law of fallen grapes and to the law of gleanings, and the poor redeem them for themselves. And Beth Hillel says: all of it goes to the winepress. According to Leviticus 19:10 one is not allowed to pick bare the fruit of a vineyard nor collect the fallen fruit. Rather these must be left for the poor. According to Beth Shammai these rules still apply for the fourth year vineyard. When the poor person has collected his share, he must redeem it himself and bring the money to Jerusalem and use it there to buy food. According to Beth Hillel fourth year produce is not subject to the laws of what must be left to the poor. Just as second tithe is not subject to the laws of what must be left for the poor, so too fourth year produce is not.
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יש לו חומש ויש לו בעור – The School of Hillel derives “holy” “holy” from tithes (Leviticus 19:24: “In the fourth year all its fruit shall be set aside [literally – “holy”] for jubilation before the LORD; and Leviticus 27:30: “All tithes from the land, whether seed from the ground or fruit from the tree, are the LORD’s;] they are holy to the LORD).” Just as tithes have an added fifth and it has removal, so does the fourth year fruit of the vineyard - it has the added fifth [when redeemed] and it has removal. But the School of Shammai does not derive “holy, holy” from tithes.
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יש לו פרט ויש לו עוללות – for they are considered like non-holy produce.
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והעניים פודין לעצמן – The grapes fallen off during cutting and the gleaning reserved for the poor which they harvested, and they eat them in their place and bring their monetary value to Jerusalem.
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וב"ה אומרים כולו לגת – because they derive it from tithes, and they hold that the Second Tithe money belongs to “On-High.” Therefore, the poor have no portion in it and they tread on the gleanings with the rest of the wine, and the owners bring it all up to Jerusalem.
