Comentario sobre Ma'aserot 4:6
רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, תְּמָרוֹת שֶׁל תִּלְתָּן וְשֶׁל חַרְדָּל וְשֶׁל פּוֹל הַלָּבָן, חַיָּבוֹת בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, הַצָּלָף מִתְעַשֵּׂר תְּמָרוֹת וַאֲבִיּוֹנוֹת וְקַפְרָס. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, אֵין מִתְעַשֵּׂר אֶלָּא אֲבִיּוֹנוֹת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן פֶּרִי:
Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel dice: los brotes de alholva, mostaza y alubias blancas requieren diezmos. El rabino Eliezer dice: el arbusto de la alcaparra debe ser diezmado de los brotes y las bayas y las flores. El rabino Akiva dice: no necesita diezmar, excepto las bayas, ya que [solo] cuentan como fruta.
Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
התמרות של תלתן – there are those who explain it as sprouts of fenugreek, similar to what vines have and they are eaten. And there are those wo interpret that when the calyx/capsule of plants begins to grow, it appears in the place of its growth like a sort of thick berry, and it is called a fruit-like excrescence on leaves, berry as we state [Tractate Sukkah 33a] concerning the myrtle whose head is lopped off and an excrescence ascended upon it, and on fenugreek and mustard seed and white bean, they are considered food.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maasrot
Rabban Gamaliel says: shoots of fenugreek, of mustard, and of white beans are liable [to tithe].
Rabbi Eliezer says: as for the caper bush, tithes must be given from the shoots, the berries and the blossoms.
Rabbi Akiba says: only the berries are tithed since they [alone] count as fruit.
In today’s mishnah Rabban Gamaliel, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Akiba debate which parts of various plants must be tithed. Again, the general principle is that whatever part one is going to preserve in order to eat is the part that is liable for tithes.
Section one: According to Rabban Gamaliel one will eat the shoots of these various plants; therefore they are liable for tithes.
Section two: Rabbi Eliezer holds that three parts of a caper bush must be tithed, because they all are eaten. Rabbi Akiva says that only the capers must be tithed because they are the most valuable part of the bush, the part that is primarily eaten.
Rabbi Eliezer says: as for the caper bush, tithes must be given from the shoots, the berries and the blossoms.
Rabbi Akiba says: only the berries are tithed since they [alone] count as fruit.
In today’s mishnah Rabban Gamaliel, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Akiba debate which parts of various plants must be tithed. Again, the general principle is that whatever part one is going to preserve in order to eat is the part that is liable for tithes.
Section one: According to Rabban Gamaliel one will eat the shoots of these various plants; therefore they are liable for tithes.
Section two: Rabbi Eliezer holds that three parts of a caper bush must be tithed, because they all are eaten. Rabbi Akiva says that only the capers must be tithed because they are the most valuable part of the bush, the part that is primarily eaten.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
הצלף (caper-bush/tree) – KAPRI – in the foreign language.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
תמרות – the sprouts that are on it, and there are those who interpret, the flower.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
האביונות (caper-tree/caper berry) – which is the essence of the fruit, and the flowers of the caper-bush which protect the fruit.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
ר"ע וכו' – and the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiva.
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