Reeh 14:22 · unit 6
TT #226 · 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 Yerushalmi Maaserot.
Sefaria — Yerushalmi Maaserot
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
תְּבוּאַת – תְּבוּאָה וְלֹא יָרָק, מִכָּאן לְמַעֲשַׂר יָרָק שֶׁהוּא מִדִּבְרֵיהֶם.
English: “Produce” — produce and not vegetables; from here we learn that the tithe of vegetables is rabbinic.
On the daf / in context: Biblical ma’aser applies only to grain, wine and oil; the obligation on vegetables is of rabbinic origin.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Yerushalmi) — vegetable tithe is rabbinic.
What Is Learned
The biblical obligation of ma’aser does not include vegetables; their tithe is rabbinic.