מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה, אֵין מוֹכְרִין אוֹתוֹ תָּמִים חַי, וְלֹא בַעַל מוּם חַי וְשָׁחוּט, וְאֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין בּוֹ הָאִשָּׁה. הַבְּכוֹר מוֹכְרִין אוֹתוֹ תָּמִים חַי, וּבַעַל מוּם חַי וְשָׁחוּט, וּמְקַדְּשִׁין בּוֹ הָאִשָּׁה. אֵין מְחַלְּלִין מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי עַל אֲסִימוֹן, וְלֹא עַל הַמַּטְבֵּעַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא, וְלֹא עַל הַמָּעוֹת שֶׁאֵינָן בִּרְשׁוּתוֹ:
El diezmo de los animales: no puede venderse mientras está intacto y vivo, ni mientras está intacto y vivo o sacrificado, y no puede usarse para desposar a una mujer. Un animal primogénito: puede venderse mientras está intacto y vivo, y mientras está defectuoso y vivo o sacrificado, y puede usarse para desposar a una mujer. No se puede canjear Ma'aser Sheni [intercambiando su valor] con una moneda en blanco, ni con una moneda que no sea de curso legal, ni con dinero que no esté en su poder.
Tosefta Kiddushin
A man who betroths [a woman] with meat [from an animal designated for] tithe, even if after slaughter—she is not betrothed [since the met belongs to the Temple, it is not his to give her]. With its bones, its tendons, its horns, its hooves, its blood, its fat, its skin, its wool—she is betrothed [though the meat belongs to the Temple, the rest of the animal does not]. A [kohen] who betroths [a woman] with his priestly portion (see Ehrfurt manuscript and Mishnah Kiddushin 2:8)—whether it is of most holy sacrifices or less holy sacrifices—she is not betrothed. With hekdesh, if he [did this] intentionally [i.e. he knew it was hekdesh]—he betroths because he misappropriated [Temple property such that it now belongs to him but not the Temple]; if unintentionally—he did not misappropriate [and thus she is not betrothed since the item belonged to the Temple and not to him]—words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehudah says: If there is something worth a perutah in the profits [from the hekdesh item when he exchanged it with a priest, he owns these profits which is not true for the hekdesh item itself]—she is betrothed; but if not—she is not betrothed. Said Rabbi: I agree with the words of Rabbi Yehudah with hekdesh, but the words of Rabbi Meir with second tithe (see Mishnah Kiddushin 2:8).
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