Reeh 12:17 · unit 2

TT #66 · Parashas Reeh · First Aliyah · Passuk 12:17

The Complete Passuk

לֹֽא־תוּכַ֞ל לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יךָ מַעְשַׂ֤ר דְּגָֽנְךָ֙ וְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֔ךָ וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקָרְךָ֖ וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־נְדָרֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּדֹּ֔ר וְנִדְבֹתֶ֖יךָ וּתְרוּמַ֥ת יָדֶֽךָ׃

You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vows that you vow, or your freewill-offerings, or the contribution of your hand.

Chabad.org — 12:17

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ – וּבְמַעְשַׂר עָנִי הוּא אוֹמֵר (פָּרָשַׁת תָּבֹא) וְאָכְלוּ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ, מִכָּאן לְטֶבֶל שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ לֹא הוּרַם מִמֶּנּוּ רַק מַעְשַׂר עָנִי חַיָּב עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם טֶבֶל.

English: “To eat within your gates” — And concerning the poor man’s tithe it says (in Parashas Ki Savo) “and they shall eat within your gates.” From here [we learn] that tevel, even if only the poor man’s tithe has not been separated from it, is still subject to the prohibition of tevel.

On the daf / in context: The contrast between the prohibition of eating ma’aser within the gates and the permission for ma’aser ani establishes that incomplete separation still leaves the produce in the status of tevel.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the status of produce from which only ma’aser ani remains unseparated.

What Is Learned

Produce from which the poor man’s tithe has not been separated remains tevel and may not be eaten.