Related for Maasrot 1:1

כְּלָל אָמְרוּ בַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת, כָּל שֶׁהוּא אֹכֶל, וְנִשְׁמָר, וְגִדּוּלָיו מִן הָאָרֶץ, חַיָּב בַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת. וְעוֹד כְּלָל אַחֵר אָמְרוּ, כָּל שֶׁתְּחִלָּתוֹ אֹכֶל וְסוֹפוֹ אֹכֶל, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא שׁוֹמְרוֹ לְהוֹסִיף אֹכֶל, חַיָּב קָטָן וְגָדוֹל. וְכָל שֶׁאֵין תְּחִלָּתוֹ אֹכֶל אֲבָל סוֹפוֹ אֹכֶל, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב עַד שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה אֹכֶל:

They stated a rule with regard to tithes: Anything which is food, and is guarded, and grows from the earth, requires tithes. And they stated another rule: Anything that is in its beginning is food, and in its end is food, even if one guards it [and does not pick it when it is small] in order to add food, requires tithes whether it is small or large. And anything that is not in its beginning food, but is in its end is food, does not require tithes until it becomes food.

Tosefta Maasrot

Anything that is [treated as] food from the beginning to the end [of its growth], such as vegetables, is liable [for tithes] at the beginning and liable at the end. Anything that begins as food but does not end up as food, such as vegetables that have gone to seed, is liable at the beginning and exempt at the end. Anything that does not begin as food but ends as food, such as fruits of the tree, is exempt at the beginning and liable to the end. Rabbi Yishmael son of Rabbi Yosei says in the name of his father, even if a man has only taken (i.e., plucked) a single grape from a cluster, the entire cluster -- behold -- is liable [for tithing] (i.e., if one grape has ripened to the point that it is treated as food, the entire cluster to which it is connected must also be treated as food).

Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy

Full Chapter Next Verse