Comentario sobre Ma'aser Sheni 5:14
מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ, יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמַמְזֵרִים מִתְוַדִּים, אֲבָל לֹא גֵרִים וְלֹא עֲבָדִים מְשֻׁחְרָרִים, שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם חֵלֶק בָּאָרֶץ. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אַף לֹא כֹהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם, שֶׁלֹּא נָטְלוּ חֵלֶק בָּאָרֶץ. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, יֵשׁ לָהֶם עָרֵי מִגְרָשׁ:
De esto dijeron, los israelitas y los bastardos confiesan, pero no se convierten y no liberan esclavos, porque no tienen una porción en la tierra. El rabino Meir dice que incluso los sacerdotes y los levitas no lo hacen, ya que no tomaron una porción de la tierra. El rabino Yosi dice que tienen ciudades [con sus alrededores] en terreno abierto.
Bartenura on Mishnah Maaser Sheni
מכאן אמרו – since it is written (Deuteronomy 26:15): “[and bless Your people Israel] and the soil You have given us.”
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maaser Sheni
Introduction
This mishnah contains an additional midrash on the verse, “And the land which You have given us” which was cited in yesterday’s mishnah.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maaser Sheni
ויש להם ערי מגרש – and they [i.e., Kohanim and Levites} are able to confess on the tithes that they bring from the fields of their cities. And the Halakha follows the opinion of Rabbi Yosi.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maaser Sheni
From here they said that Israelites and mamzerim may make the confession, but not converts, nor freed slaves, since they have no inheritance in the land. Since the verse states, “and the Land which You have given us” only those people who received land in the original conquest of Israel can recite the confession. This would exclude converts and freed slaves who did not receive any inheritance in the land of Israel because they were not part of the original 12 tribes. However, it would include Israelites and even mamzerim, for although they were born from an illicit union, they can still trace their lineage to the original twelve tribes.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maaser Sheni
Rabbi Meir says: neither do priests and Levites since they did not take a share of the land. Rabbi Meir notes that priests and Levites also did not receive a share of the land, and therefore they too cannot make the confession. The land was divided up to the 12 tribes and Levi is not considered one of the tribes (Joseph’s tribe is divided into Menashe and Ephraim).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maaser Sheni
Rabbi Yose says: they have the Levitical cities. Although the Levites did not receive a full geographical region, they did receive the Levitical cities (see Numbers 35:1-8). According to Rabbi Yose, this is sufficient for them to be able to recite the tithes confession.
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