Ki Seitzei 25:04 · unit 5

TT #643 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:04

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תַחְסֹ֥ם שׁ֖וֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ׃

You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia 89a.

TT lemma: בְּדִישׁוֹ.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 89a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: דַּיִשׁ – מַה דַּיִשׁ מְיֻחָד דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ לְמַעֲשֵׂר וּלְחַלָּה פּוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בּוֹ, יָצָא הַבּוֹדֵל בִּתְמָרִים וּבִגְרוֹגָרוֹת הוֹאִיל וְנִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתָּן לְמַעֲשֵׂר, וְיָצָא הַלָּשׁ וְהַמְקַטֵּף וְהָאוֹפֶה שֶׁנִּגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתָּן לְחַלָּה אֵין הַפּוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בָּהֶן.

English: Our Rabbis taught: ‘Threshing’ – just as threshing is distinctive in that its work has not yet been completed with respect to tithes and ḥallah and the worker may eat of it, this excludes one who separates dates and dried figs (whose work is already complete for tithes) and the kneader, the shaper, and the baker (whose work is already complete for ḥallah); the worker may not eat of them.

On the daf / in context: Once the produce has reached the stage that obligates tithing or ḥallah, the worker’s eating right ceases.

Type of Learning

Distinctive feature of threshing (Bavli).

What Is Learned

The worker’s right to eat ends once the produce becomes subject to ma’aser or ḥallah. Subsequent processing stages no longer permit free eating.