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Poor man's tithe

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At the end of three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall lay it up inside your gates. And the Levite, because he has no part nor inheritance with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are inside your gates, shall come, and shall eat and
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1:1 discusses the maximum amount of one's income/money one can give to the poor and determines that one should not give more than one-fifth of his possessions so he does not become poor himself. This Gemara and a discussion in Sifrei are quoted extensively by later Jewish sages who discussed an
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When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give them to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, so that they can eat to satiety in your cities.
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technically could be used to feed one's poor father, one should not do so, so as not to embarrass one's father. Rather, a son should try his best to care for his father out of his other property.
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also interprets Deuteronomy 26:12 as referring to the third year, when the first tithe was given to the Levite and the poor tithe was given to "the stranger, the orphan, and the widow".
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to be kept by its owner and to be eaten in Jerusalem, except in the third and sixth years of the sabbatical cycle, when instead of separating the second tithe, the poor man's tithe (
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Orthodox Judaism regards it as meritorious to discharge one's poor man's tithe obligation additionally by giving a portion of one's income, ideally a tenth, to charity.
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ruled that the amount of poor man's tithe one gives to a single poor person must be enough to provide for two meals.
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Sirach, scrolls, and sages p185 ed. T. Muraoka, John F. Elwolde - 1999 "and honouring God was expressed,
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Thus, this tithe is separated from homegrown crops during the 3rd and 6th year of the seven-year cycle.
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refers to the first, second, and third (or poor man's) tithe. The third tithe was to be brought to the
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Page 321 2004 "The rabbis understood these texts as describing two separate tithes: the first tithe (
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be satisfied; that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. (
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Tenth of produce grown in the third and sixth years of the seven-year sabbatical cycle
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ancient custom of tithing 10% of one's income for charity. This tithe, known as
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Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament
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Index

Poor tithe
Hebrew
Jewish law
sabbatical
Levites
Temple in Jerusalem
Land of Israel
Seventh Year

Book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 14:28
Deuteronomy 26:12
Tannaim
Amoraim
first tithe
second tithe
Leviticus
27:30
Rashi
Flavius Josephus
Levites
Babylonian Talmud
Jerusalem Talmud
Pe'ah
terumah
first tithe
terumat ma'aser
second tithe
Tithes in Judaism
Heave offering

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