Reeh 12:06 · unit 2

TT #37 · Parashas Reeh · First Aliyah · Passuk 12:06

The Complete Passuk

וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם שָׁ֗מָּה עֹלֹתֵיכֶם֙ וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵת֙ מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת תְּרוּמַ֣ת יֶדְכֶ֑ם וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙ וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקַרְכֶ֖ם וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃

And you shall bring there your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and your vows and your freewill-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

Chabad.org — 12:06

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Bekhorot.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם – בִּשְׁתֵּי מַעַשְׂרוֹת הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, בְּמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה וּבְמַעְשַׂר דָּגָן. מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מַעֲלֶה מַעְשַׂר דָּגָן אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה, וּמִמָּקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה מַעְשַׂר דָּגָן אֵין אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה. מִכָּאן אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, אֵין מַעֲלִין לְהַקְרִיב מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה מִחוּץ לָאָרֶץ.

English: “Your tithes” — The verse speaks of two tithes: the animal tithe and the grain tithe. From a place from which you bring up the grain tithe you bring up the flesh of the animal, and from a place from which you do not bring up the grain tithe you do not bring up the animal tithe. From here R’ Akiva said: One may not bring up an animal tithe from outside the Land to be offered.

On the daf / in context: The parallel treatment of the two tithes limits the animal tithe to animals raised in Eretz Yisrael.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — linking the two forms of ma’aser and restricting the animal tithe.

What Is Learned

The animal tithe may be offered only from animals of Eretz Yisrael; it may not be brought from outside the Land.