The Daily Mishnah with Benedict

Summary of Chapter 2 - where does Hallah apply and what are the important quantities? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .

What about dog-food? Do we need to take hallah from it? And how is hallah similar to teruma? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .

How do mixtures of ownership or mixtures of oil and flour and water affect the mitzvah of hallah? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .

Today's Daily Mishnah explores the nature of the five species of grain and focuses on parallels between Pesach, maaser, and Hallah. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah

The final section of Maaser Sheni presents an historical update from the times of the Hasmoneans and then moves seamlessly into the new tractate of Hallah. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni and here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides , scro...

Turning halakha into poetry, the final sections of Maaser Sheni present a midrash from the Sifrei on the "confession of the tithes" in Deuteronomy 26:12-15. 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 transfer ownership over commodities at a distance? Find out how the rabbis traded commodities while on a long sea voyage. 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 does the "removal" of tithes in the fourth and seventh years of the cycle 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.

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.