Pisqa’ 106²⁶²

1. “And you shall eat before HASHEM your God, in the place where He shall choose to settle His Name” (Dt. 14:23). [Concerning this verse**] R. Yose teaches three lessons** in the name of three elders.

footnotes: ²⁶² H:152-154; JN1:270-272.

is it possible to say that a person may import Firstlings from beyond the Land to the Land?

“And you shall eat before HASHEM your God, in the place where He shall choose to settle His Name” (Dt. 14:23)— from a place where you may bring the tithe of grain, you may also bring Firstlings. Since you may not bring the tithe of grain from beyond the Land, neither may you import Firstlings **[from beyond the Land].**²⁶³

footnotes: ²⁶³ = T. San.3:5.

is it possible to say that just as the Torah requires a partition [to separate priests eating] the Most-Holy-offerings from [commoners eating] Lesser-Holy-offerings, So, too, should the Torah require a partition [to separate priests eating] Firstlings from [the commoners eating] Second-tithe?

the Firstling requires transport to the specific place [of its offering], and the Second-tithe requires transport to the specific place [of its consumption]. Just as the Firstling is eaten only within the walls [of Jerusalem], so, too, Second-tithe as well should be eaten only within the walls [of Jerusalem]. [Furthermore,] just as eating the Firstling **imposes spatial limitations,**²⁶⁴ **and also imposes temporal limitations,**²⁶⁵ would you claim that [eating] the Second-tithe, **with its broad temporal range,**²⁶⁶ should also permit a broad spatial range?

“And you shall eat before HASHEM your God, in the place where He shall choose to settle His Name” (Dt. 14:23)— just as the Firstling may be eaten only within the walls [of Jerusalem], so, too, Second-tithe should be eaten only **within the walls [of Jerusalem].**²⁶⁷

footnotes: ²⁶⁴ That is, it may be eaten only within the walls of Jerusalem (M. Zev.5:8). ²⁶⁵ That is, it must be eaten within two days and the intervening night (M. Zev.5:8). ²⁶⁶ There is no fixed time-limit for eating Second-tithe. ²⁶⁷ =T. San.3:5.

is it possible to say that, in the present eon [while the Abode is destroyed], a person may bring his Second-tithe up to Jerusalem and eat it there?

the Firstling requires transport to the specific place [of its sacrifice], and the Second-tithe requires transport to the specific place [of its consumption]. Just as the Firstling may be eaten only while the Abode still exists, so, too, shouldn’t Second-tithe be eaten only while the Abode still exists? 2. No [for the comparison is flawed]! If you take the Firstling as your example— well, its blood and limbs are destined for the altar! Would you consider it [comparable to] Second-tithe, whose blood and limbs are not destined for the altar? [The example of] First-fruits illustrates [the difference], since [being produce] no blood and limbs are destined for the altar, yet they are eaten only while the Abode exists! No [this, too, is a flawed comparison]! If you take First-fruits as your example— well, they must be placed before the altar! Would you consider them [comparable to] Second-tithe, which need not be placed before the altar?

“And you shall eat before HASHEM your God, in the place where He shall choose to invest His Name” (Dt. 14:22-23). The verse compares the consumption of the Firstling to the consumption of Second-tithe. Just as the Firstling is eaten only while the Abode still exists, so, too, Second-tithe may be eaten **only while the Abode still exists!**²⁶⁸

footnotes: ²⁶⁸ =T. San.3:6

3. Others say: Is it possible to say that once [its first] year has passed into the next, [a Firstling] should be disqualified for the altar, as are other consecrated animals that are disqualified?

“And you shall eat before HASHEM your God” (Dt. 14:22). If [the purpose of this verse] is to teach that the Firstling is eaten within the walls of Jerusalem, there is no need for it,

“Before HASHEM your God shall you eat it” (Dt. 15:20). If [the purpose] is to teach that the Second-tithe is eaten within the walls of Jerusalem, there is [also] no need for it,

“You may not eat within your gates from the tithe of your grain, your must, or your oil” (Dt. 12:17).

“And you shall eat before HASHEM your God” (Dt. 14:22) [The verse] compares the consumption of the Firstling to the consumption of Second-tithe cattle. Just as Second-tithe [cattle] are eaten once [their first] year has passed into the next, so, too, the Firstling may be eaten **once [its first] year has passed into the next.**²⁶⁹

footnotes: ²⁶⁹ =T. San.3:6

4. “So that you might learn to revere HASHEM your God” (Dt. 14:23)— this explains that [The removal of] the tithe brings a person to the study of Torah. “For all time” (Dt. 14:23)— whether in the Land or beyond the Land.