The Daily Mishnah with Benedict

What are the differences between fourth-year trees' fruit and maaser sheni? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

In its fifth chapter, the tractate suddenly changes direction towards "orlah", the law that prohibits eating freely from trees that are less than five years old. But, in the fourth year, the trees' fruit is taken to Jerusalem to be eaten there. Find out how! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the pre...

What if we name something with an abbreviation? Or name it in error? Or if we are unclear? The sages argue about the status of the object. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

How important is it to name an action? Designating your tithes, divorcing your wife, marrying your girl-friend. As usual, the sages disagree. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

If you redeem maaser sheni - second tithe - that you own then you need to pay a 25% charge. If you redeem someone else's, there is no charge. What kind of behaviours could this feature of the regulations create? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni...

If the second tithe, the maaser sheni, cannot be transported to Jerusalem to be eaten then it can be exchanged for money. Pilgrims would then go to Jerusalem and spend the money there. What kind of issues does this raise? Find out in the fourth chapter of the tractate, starting here. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principle...

What about the jars in which Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe, has been stored? Do they become Maa'ser Sheni? Find out here! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides , scrolling to the end.

What if Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe, becomes unclean? What can we do with it? Find out here! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides , scrolling to the end.

Can we bring Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe, in and out of Jerusalem? Find out here! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

Can we barter with Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe? Find out here! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

More money-changing transactions with Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe!  Find out how they work! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

Money transactions with Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe!  Find out how they work in only ten minutes! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

What can you do with Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe?  Find out in only ten minutes! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.

What are the key principles of the tractate of Ma'aser Sheni, the second tithe?  Find out in only ten minutes! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesMaasrot , scrolling to the end.

Learn the key principles of the tractate of Maasrot, distilled into three mishnayot and ten minutes! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesMaasrot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesMaasrot , scrolling to the end.

A key principle of taking maaser, or tithes, is that the produce needs to be ready for market, or 'on the threshing floor', in the words of the Mishnah. For grain this is obvious because it passes through the threshing floor on its way to market. But what about vegetables and fruit? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesMaasrot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah...

What are the basic principles of taking maaser, or tithes? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesMaasrot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesMaasrot , scrolling to the end.

Can we destroy terumah? And for what purposes? The tractate closes with a return from the world of the temple to the world of the synagogue, the hospital, the street and the study hall. It turns out that terumah can be burnt for the public good, as it can in a house or mourning or a house of celebration. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which...

The tractate of Terumot closes off with more closing-off and boundary issues: what to do with leftovers, how to clean up liquid in barrel, how to deal with food which is neither human nor animal when feeding a cow which does not exactly belong to a Cohen but is not quite Yisrael either. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mis...

The tractate of Terumot closes off with closing-off issues: what to do with leftovers, how to clean up grain in a silo. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot , scrolling to the end.

Moving seamlessly from pressed figs in fish to boiling wine, the Mishnah closes with an enumeration of the special qualities of the grape and the olive. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot , scrolling to the end.

Cooking and pickling are the same actions! And the Mishnah is still interested in what the result tastes like - taste is everything - and which kinds of food have enough taste or enough moisture to transmit their essence to other foods or to absorb from them. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation...

What about pickling different kinds of food together? The Mishnah is still interested in what the result tastes like - taste is everything - and in which kinds of food have enough taste or enough moisture to transmit their essence to the other pickles in the bucket. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the prese...

What if we pickle terumah with ordinary food or drop terumah flavouring into wine? The Mishnah is mainly interested in what the result tastes like - taste is everything. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot , scrolling to the end.

What if we cook terumah with ordinary food? It turns out that the rabbis, like some aesthetes today, are mainly interested in what the result tastes like. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot , scrolling to the end.