The Daily Mishnah with Benedict

Not all plants are alike and planting out terumah is not always a problem. Chapter 9 closes by identifying which plants have which consequences. 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 happens if we plant out terumah? Are the resulting crops terumah too? And what if the harvest is planted out in turn? Does the cycle ever stop? 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.

When confronted with two less-than-ideal choices, in a life-changing situation, what should we do? Chapter 8 of Terumot suddenly shifts focus from uncertainty about the status of a cask of wine to uncertainty about an attack by Gentile marauders. 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:...

The eighth chapter of Terumot flip-flops between existential uncertainty and questions of life and death. When confronted with two less-than-ideal choices, what do we do? 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 .

What if our terumah has been sipped by a snake? The eighth chapter of Terumot closes with questions of life and death and gives us, along the way, a fascinating insight into Mishnaic medicine and zoology. 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 .

Today's Daily Mishnah opens the eighth chapter of Terumot with more questions of existential uncertainty: what if the cohen is not a cohen, or a slave is no longer a slave? 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 .

Today's Daily Mishnah closes the seventh chapter of Terumot with questions of existential uncertainty: if we have two piles of food, one of terumah and one of ordinary food, and we can't remember which is which, what do we do if there an accident? 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...

Today's Daily Mishnah opens the seventh chapter of Terumot with a mirror image of the first three mishnayot of Chapter 6. But, whereas Chapter 6 dealt with eating terumah by accident, Chapter 7 will look at eating it on purpose. 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/Slid...

Today's Daily Mishnah continues the sixth chapter of Terumot with accidents and more: what happens if we eat terumah by mistake or steal it or both? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a slide which summarises the Mishnah, go to the end of the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot .

Today's Daily Mishnah opens the sixth chapter of Terumot with more accidents: what happens if we eat terumah by mistake? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a slide which summarises the Mishnah, go to the end of the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot .

Today's Daily Mishnah provides more brain-teasers on mixtures and quantities but closes out Chapter 5 of Terumot on the question of intent - noting that what we intend to do is just as important, in the eyes of the halachah, as what we actually achieve. In fact, our knowledge and intention are crucial to the tractate of Terumot as a whole and the question of intent appears repeatedly. For the sour...

Today's Daily Mishnah continues with a set of brain-teasers on mixtures and quantities - when terumah falls into ordinary food, what do we do? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a slide which summarises the Mishnah, go to the end of the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot .

Today's Daily Mishnah opens the fifth chapter of Terumot and focuses on mixtures - when terumah falls into ordinary food, what do we do? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot For a slide which summarises the Mishnah, go to the end of the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot .

Today's Daily Mishnah closes the fourth chapter of Terumot and builds on what we've learned about numbers and mixtures - when can terumah fall into ordinary food without tainting it and giving all of it the status of terumah? As ever, opinions differ. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah builds on what we've learned about numbers and moves into mixtures - how much terumah can fall into ordinary food without giving all the food the status of terumah? As ever, opinions differ. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot  

Today's Daily Mishnah continues to focus on numbers and looks at the question of how much terumah one is allowed to give - what is the maximum? As usual, there are conflicting views.  For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah begins Chapter 4 of Terumot and begins to look at numbers: how much teruma do we need to take what happens if we take it in stages? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah continues to focus on the power of intention and speech in designating teruma and looks at the question of whether you need to be Jewish to give teruma. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah deals with the power of intention and speech in designating teruma. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Today's Daily Mishnah deals with mistakes with teruma, mixtures, partners/agents, and boundary cases. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Finishing the second chapter in the tractate of Terumot and extending the concept of 'like for like' when giving teruma to issues of species and quality. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Starting the second chapter in the tractate of Terumot and extending the concept of 'like for like' when giving teruma to pure and impure. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Finishing the first chapter in the tractate of Terumot and the concept of 'like for like' when giving teruma. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Who can give teruma? Someone with obligation, capacity and knowledge. From what sources? Must be like-for-like - olives for olives rather than for oil, grapes for grapes rather than for wine.

Introduction to the Mishnah of Terumot - it is not possible to give tithes to the priests without knowledge and intent, and so those who lack agency and capacity are invalid.