Someone who had bunches of fenugreek that are <i>Kilayim</i> of the vineyard, they must be burned. If he had bunches of fenugreek that are non-tithed produce, he must beat them and calculate how much seed there is in them and set aside [<i>Terumah</i>] from the seed, but he need not to set aside from the stalks. But if he did set aside [<i>Terumah</i> from the stalks], he must not say: “I will beat [the seed] and take the stalks and give [only] the seed [as <i>Terumah</i>],” but rather he must give the stalks together with the seed.
Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot
ידלקו – for even the tree/stalk is forbidden, and the mixed seats/diverse kinds of the vineyard require burning as it is written (Deuteronomy 22:9): “else the crop-from the seed [you have sown]- and the yield of the vineyard,” lest it become burned with fire (i.e., lest it become sacred -forbidden property – lest a fire must be lighted – (for burning it – Jerusalem Talmud, Pesahim 28c).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
Introduction
The mishnah continues to deal with laws concerning fenugreek.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot
ומחשב כמה זרע יש בהן – for heave-offering/Terumah is taken with thought/care, and with estimating the quantity.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
If one had bunches of fenugreek of mixed seeds of the vineyard, they must be burned. Seeds that grew in a vineyard must be burned. Since this rule applies to the stalks as well as the seeds, all of the fenugreek must be burned.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot
וא"צ להפריש את העץ – and even though the taste of the stalk/tree and its fruit are equivalent
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
If he had bunches of fenugreek of untithed produce, he must beat them and calculate the amount of seed within them and set aside [terumah] from the seed, but he need not separate terumah from the stalks. The stalks of the fenugreek are not obligated in tithes or in terumah. So if he has bunches of fenugreek what he should do is beat them and thereby separate the seeds and then estimate how much he has to give to terumah from the seeds. He need not take the stalks into account.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot
ואם הפריש – prior to crushing, he is not able to crush and to separate them from the seed, and that the stalk/tree would remain to himself, for since he designated upon it the title of “Terumah/heave-offering,” he must give it to the Kohen.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
But if he did set aside [the terumah from the stalks before he beat the bunches] he must not say: “I will beat out [the seed] and take the stalks and give only the seed” but he must give the stalks together with the seed. If he declared the terumah before he beat out the seed, he can’t go back and say that only the seeds will count for terumah. Once he has declared that there is terumah in the stalks as well as the seeds, he will need to separate terumah from the stalks together with the seed.
