Demai 1

Chapter 1

אהַקַּלִּיןHakkallinשֶׁבַּדְּמַאי,Shebbaddemay,הַשִּׁיתִין,Hashshitin,וְהָרִימִיןVehariminוְהָעֻזְרָדִין,Vehauzradin,וּבְנוֹתUvenotשׁוּחַ,Shuakh,וּבְנוֹתUvenotשִׁקְמָה,Shikma,וְנוֹבְלוֹתVenovelotהַתְּמָרָה,Hattemara,וְהַגֻּפְנִין,Vehaggufnin,וְהַנִּצְפָּה.Vehannitspa.וּבִיהוּדָה,Uvihuda,הָאוֹג,Haog,וְהַחֹמֶץVehakhometsשֶׁבִּיהוּדָה,Shebbihuda,וְהַכֻּסְבָּר.Vehakkusbar.רַבִּיRabbiיְהוּדָהYehudaאוֹמֵר,Omeir,כָּלKolהַשִּׁיתִיןHashshitinפְּטוּרִין,Peturin,חוּץKhutsמִשֶּׁלMishshelדּוּפְרָה.Dufera.כָּלKolהָרִימִיןHariminפְּטוּרִין,Peturin,חוּץKhutsמֵרִימֵיMeirimeiשִׁקְמוֹנָה.Shikmona.כָּלKolבְּנוֹתBenotשִׁקְמָהShikmaפְּטוּרוֹת,Peturot,חוּץKhutsמִןMinהַמֻּסְטָפוֹס:Hammustafos:

1These are those which we are lenient with Demai [produce from which it is uncertain if tithes were already taken]: wild figs, the fruit of the lotus, crab apples, white figs, fruit of the sycamore, stunted dates, dill, and capers; and in Judea, the sumac, Judean vinegar, and coriander. Rabbi Yehudah says, “All the wild figs are exempt except for those that bear twice a year; all the lotus fruits are exempt except for the lotus fruit from Shikmonah; all the sycamore fruits are exempt except for those that have been burst open.”

בהַדְּמַאיHaddemayאֵיןEinלוֹLoחֹמֶשׁ,Khomesh,וְאֵיןVeeinלוֹLoבִעוּר,Viur,וְנֶאֱכָלVeneekhalלְאוֹנֵן,Leonein,וְנִכְנָסVenikhnasלִירוּשָׁלַיִםLirushalayimוְיוֹצֵא,Veyotsei,וּמְאַבְּדִיןUmeabbedinאֶתEtמִעוּטוֹMiutoבַּדְּרָכִים,Badderakhim,וְנוֹתְנוֹVenotenoלְעַםLeamהָאָרֶץ,Haarets,וְיֹאכַלVeyokhalכְּנֶגְדּוֹ.Kenegdo.וּמְחַלְּלִיםUmekhallelimאוֹתוֹOtoכֶּסֶףKesefעַלAlכֶּסֶף,Kesef,נְחֹשֶׁתNekhoshetעַלAlנְחשֶׁת,Nekhshet,כֶּסֶףKesefעַלAlנְחֹשֶׁת,Nekhoshet,וּנְחֹשֶׁתUnekhoshetעַלAlהַפֵּרוֹת,Happeirot,וּבִלְבַדUvilvadשֶׁיַּחֲזֹרSheyyakhazorוְיִפְדֶּהVeyifdehאֶתEtהַפֵּרוֹת,Happeirot,דִּבְרֵיDivreiרַבִּיRabbiמֵאִיר.Meiir.וַחֲכָמִיםVakhakhamimאוֹמְרִים,Omerim,יַעֲלֶהYaalehהַפֵּרוֹתHappeirotוְיֵאָכְלוּVeyeiokhluבִירוּשָׁלָיִם:Virushalayim:

2Demai does not have a [penalty of a] fifth, and does not require removal, and an Onen [person whose close relative has died and not yet been buried] may eat it, and may enter Jerusalem and leave, and one may lose a small amount of it on the road, and it may be given to an Am HaAretz [one who is lax in observing tithes and purity laws], and he may eat something else instead and exchange it, silver for silver, copper for copper, silver for copper, and copper for fruit. And this is only if he returns to redeem the fruits, this is the opinion of Rabbi Meir. And the sages say, “He brings up the fruit, and they will be eaten in Jerusalem.”

גהַלּוֹקֵחַHallokeiakhלְזֶרַעLezeraוְלִבְהֵמָה,Velivheima,קֶמַחKemakhלְעוֹרוֹת,Leorot,שֶׁמֶןShemenלְנֵר,Leneir,שֶׁמֶןShemenלָסוּךְLasukhבּוֹBoאֶתEtהַכֵּלִים,Hakkeilim,פָּטוּרPaturמִןMinהַדְּמַאי.Haddemay.מִכְּזִיבMikkezivוּלְהַלָּן,Ulehallan,פָּטוּרPaturמִןMinהַדְּמַאי.Haddemay.חַלַּתKhallatעַםAmהָאָרֶץ,Haarets,וְהַמְדֻמָּע,Vehamedumma,וְהַלָּקוּחַVehallakuakhבְּכֶסֶףBekhesefמַעֲשֵׂרMaaseirשֵׁנִי,Sheini,וּשְׁיָרֵיUsheyareiהַמְּנָחוֹת,Hammenakhot,פְּטוּרִיןPeturinמִןMinהַדְּמַאי.Haddemay.שֶׁמֶןShemenעָרֵב,Areiv,בֵּיתBeitשַׁמַּאיShammayמְחַיְּבִין,Mekhayyevin,וּבֵיתUveitהִלֵּלHilleilפּוֹטְרִין:Poterin:

3One who buys for seed or for domestic animals, flour for skins, oil for lighting, or oil for utensil grease; [these are] exempt from Demai. [Areas located] from K’ziv and beyond are exempt from Demai. The Challah [dough that must be set aside for the priest] of an Am HaAretz, and a mixture of regular produce with Terumah [produce consecrated for priestly consumption], and that which was bought with money of the second tithe, and the remnant of the meal offering, are exempt from Demai. Fragrant oil is obligated by the school of Shammai, and the school of Hillel exempts.

דהַדְּמַאי,Haddemay,מְעָרְבִיןMearevinבּוֹ,Bo,וּמִשְׁתַּתְּפִיןUmishtattefinבּוֹ,Bo,וּמְבָרְכִיןUmevarekhinעָלָיו,Alav,וּמְזַמְּנִיןUmezammeninעָלָיו,Alav,וּמַפְרִישִׁיןUmafrishinאוֹתוֹOtoעָרוֹם,Arom,בֵּיןBeinהַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת.Hashshemashot.הָאHaאִםImהִקְדִּיםHikdimמַעֲשֵׂרMaaseirשֵׁנִיSheiniלָרִאשׁוֹן,Larishon,אֵיןEinבְּכָךְBekhakhכְּלוּם.Kelum.שֶׁמֶןShemenשֶׁהַגַּרְדִּיShehaggardiסָךְSakhבְּאֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו,Beetsbeotav,חַיָּבKhayyavבִּדְּמַאי.Biddemay.וְשֶׁהַסּוֹרֵקVeshehassoreikנוֹתֵןNoteinבַּצֶּמֶר,Batstsemer,פָּטוּרPaturמִןMinהַדְּמָאי:Haddemay:

4Demai may be used to make an Eruv for shared courtyards and alleyways, and we bless on it [before eating], and invite on it [others to the blessings after the meal], and tithes may be separated from it while naked, and at twilight [on Erev Shabbat]. If one separated the second tithe before the first, this doesn’t matter. Oil with which a weaver anoints his fingers is obligated in Demai, and that which the comber puts in wool is exempt from Demai.

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