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Talmud for Bikkurim 3:1

עד כדון כשגזל קרקע גזל זמורה ונטעה ולא דמים הוא חייב לו. אלא צריכה לרבנין. מצות כגבוה הן או אינן כגבוה. אין תימר כגבוה הן אינו מביא ואין תימר אינן כגבוה מביא. הכל מודין באשירה שביטלה שאינו מביא ממנה גיזירין למערכה. רבי שמעון בן לקיש בעי מהו שיביא ממנה לולב. מצות כגבוה הן או אינן כגבוה. אין תימר כגבוה הן אינו מביא אין תימר אינן כגבוה מביא. פשיטא שהוא מביא ממנה לולב שאין מצות כגבוה. מהו שיביא ביכורים. כר' יודה דו אמר הוקשו לקדשי הגבול מביא. כרבנין דאינון מרין הוקשו לקדשי מקדש אינו מביא. עד כדון בגזילה שלא נתייאשו הבעלים ממנה אפי' בגזילה שנתייאשו הבעלים ממנה. סברין אמרין נישמעינה מן הדא הרי אלו בתרומה ובמעשר מה שאין כן בביכורים. כלום צריכה לא בגזילה שלא נתייאשו הבעלים ממנה אבל בגזילה שנתייאשו הבעלים ממנה אפילו בתרומה לא עשה ולא כלום. כהדא דתני האונס והגנב והגזלן בזמן שהבעלים מרדפין אחריהן אין תרומתן תרומה ולא מעשרותיהן מעשר ולא הקדשן הקדש. אם אין הבעלים מרדפין אחריהן תרומתן תרומה ומעשרותיהן מעשר והקדשן הקדש.

a creative task, he should bring a sin offering. Two--he should bring a conditional sin offering. Three--he is exempt [from bringing a sacrifice of any sort.]” Rabbi Yose bar Bon raised the question [thus]: “If you were to say that two [stars indicate] doubt [as to whether it is day or night, then] if one saw two stars on the eve of the Sabbath and [others] warned him [that it was the Sabbath, thus making him liable for its violation], yet he [nonetheless] performed a creative task; [and if he subsequently] saw two stars on the departure of the Sabbath and [others] warned him [that it was still the Sabbath], yet he performed a creative task; then either way you like [he is liable for a violation of the Sabbath]. If the first [set of stars] were [an indication that it was still] daytime [and not yet the Sabbath], then the last stars were also [an indication that it was still] daytime [and still the Sabbath], then he is liable [for a violation of the Sabbath] on account of the last set [of stars]. If the last [set of stars] were [an indication that it was now] night time [and the Sabbath had begun], then the first stars were also [an indication that it was now] night time [and no longer the Sabbath], then he is liable [for a violation of the Sabbath] on account of the first set [of stars]. [Another example:] If he saw two stars on the eve of the Sabbath and partially harvested a fig, [and] if he [subsequently returned] in the morning and harvested another part, and if he saw two stars on the departure of the Sabbath and harvested the [last] part of the fig, then either way you like [he is liable for a sin offering]. If the first [set of stars] were [an indication that it was still] daytime [and not yet the Sabbath], then the last stars were also [an indication that it was still] daytime [and still the Sabbath] and the morning harvest joins with that of the departure of the sabbath, and he is liable [for a sin offering] on account of the last set [of stars]. If the last [set of stars] were [an indication that it was] night time [and now the Sabbath], then the last stars were also [an indication that it was] daytime [and no longer the Sabbath] and the morning harvest joins with that of the night of the Sabbath, and he is liable [for a sin offering] on account of the first set [of stars].” These [stars] that you are speaking of are [only] those whose way is not to appear in the daytime. However, we do not count those whose way is to appear in the daytime. Rabbi Yose bar Bon said: “Just so long as three stars may be seen aside from that [one we call] Kokhvata (prob. Venus).” (This may be a scribal error and the original version may have been: “Just so long as three stars may be seen [in one place, just] as one star [can be so seen.]”) Rabbi Yaakov of Romana in the name of Rabbi Yehuda ben Pazi: “One star, surely day. Two, night.” But does he [truly] have no [time period of] doubt!? He has doubt about [discerning] one star from another. A baraita teaches: “So long as the eastern horizon is reddened, it is daytime. What has been said about the stars, applies to those which are not generally seen until nightfall; for, no note is taken of those which appear before the day is terminated. Therefore, R. Yosse bar R. Aboon says: It means three stars not counting, R. Jacob from Darom (south) says: One star indicates that it is still day; but two stars certainly show that it is night. Is there any doubt of this? No; the doubt can only exist between the stars visible by day, and the other stars. With regard to this, we are taught that it is still day as long as the sky is red towards the east;

Jerusalem Talmud Bikkurim

MISHNAH: One does not bring First Fruits except from the Seven Kinds38The fruits enumerated in Deut. 8:8; cf. Berakhot 6, Notes 15, 151., nor from mountain dates, nor from valley fruits39Grapes, figs, pomegranates and olives. These grow better in the hills; dates grow best in the Jordan valley. The requirement of “best quality” applies to all First Fruits., nor from oil olives which are not best quality. One may not bring First Fruits before Pentecost. 40The remainder of the Mishnah is also Mishnah Ḥallah 4:11; Notes 172,173. The people from Hyena Mountain brought their First Fruits before Pentecost but they did not accept from them because of the verse in the Torah: (Ex. 23:16) “The pilgrimage holiday of harvest, the First Fruits of your work from sowing the field.”
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“And weaving122The movements prescribed for presenting well-being offerings (Lev. 7:30) to the altar and for those public flour offerings (Lev. 23:11,17) which have to be presented.,” as it is written (Deut. 26:4) “The Cohen shall take the basket from your hand and deposit it123“And deposit it before the altar of the Eternal, your God.” This implies a presentation before the altar.,” to add that First Fruits require weaving, following Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob124Quoted with the reasoning behind R. Eliezer ben Jacob’s statement in Babli Sukkah 47b, Makkot 18b, Menaḥot 61a/b; Yalqut Šim‘oni Torah §938..
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146Tosephta Ḥallah 2:7–9, Babli Baba Qama 110b, Ḥulin 132b, Sifry Qoraḥ #119 (“12 in the Temple, 12 in the countryside”), Midrash Tanḥuma Bemidbar 24, Num. rabba 5(1).24 gifts were given to Aaron and his sons, ten in the Temple, four in Jerusalem, and ten in the countryside. These are the ten in the Temple: Purification offering147Lev. 6:19., reparation offering148Lev. 7:7., public well-being offerings149Lev. 23:19. Even though this sacrifice is labelled “well-being offering”, being a public offering it is treated as most holy and must be eaten by Cohanim in the Temple precinct., purification offering of a bird150While there is no separate verse commanding that the purification offering of a bird must be eaten, since the burnt offering of a bird is consumed on the altar it follows that the purification offering must be eaten., the reparation offering for suspected guilt151Lev5:17–18., the log of oil of the skin-diseased152Lev 14:10,21. The unused part of the oil becomes property of the Cohen., the two breads153Lev. 23:17., the shew-bread154Lev. 24:9., the remainders of cereal offerings155Lev. 2:3, 6:9–11., and the ‘omer156Lev. 23:10–11.. These are in Jerusalem: Firstlings157While these are sacrifices, after the blood was sprinkled on the altar wall the animal was eaten by the Cohen and his family anywhere in the city., First Fruits158Cf. Mishnah Bikkurim 3:10., what was lifted from thanksgiving sacrifices and from the nazir’s ram159In fact, any part lifted for the Cohen from any well-being sacrifice is for the Cohen and his entire family, to be eaten outside the Temple precinct. Cf. Lev. 7:34, Num. 18:11., and the skins of sacrifices160Only of most holy sacrifices (burnt, purification, and reparation offerings); Lev. 7:8.. These are in the countryside: Heave, Heave of the Tithe, ḥallah, foreleg, jawbone, and first stomach127Deut. 18:3., the first shearing161Deut. 18:4., robbery of the proselyte162Num. 5:8. It is assumed that the only person without legal heirs is the proselyte who had no children after his conversion., redemption of the firstborn163Ex. 13., redemption of the firstborn donkey163Ex. 13., ḥērem-dedications, and fields of inheritance164Dedicated and not redeemed; Lev. 27:16–21..
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