Reeh 14:22 · unit 3

TT #223 · Parashas Reeh · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 14:22

The Complete Passuk

עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר אֵ֖ת כׇּל־תְּבוּאַ֣ת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ הַיֹּצֵ֥א הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה שָׁנָ֥ה שָׁנָֽה׃

You shall surely tithe all the produce of your seed that comes forth from the field year by year.

Chabad.org — 14:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei.

Sefaria — Sifrei

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂר אֶחָד אַתָּה מְעַשֵּׂר בְּשָׁנָה אַחַת וְאִי אַתָּה מְעַשֵּׂר שְׁנֵי מַעַשְׂרוֹת בְּשָׁנָה אַחַת.

English: “You shall surely tithe” — this teaches that you tithe one tithe in a single year and you do not tithe two tithes in a single year.

On the daf / in context: In years 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the shemittah cycle one separates ma’aser sheni; in years 3 and 6 one separates ma’aser ani; the two never coincide in the same year.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — only one of the secondary tithes is separated each year.

What Is Learned

In any given year one separates either ma’aser sheni or ma’aser ani, but not both.