Ma'aser Sheni (
Hebrew
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: מעשר שני, lit. "
Second Tithe
The second tithe (Hebrew: ''ma'aser sheni'' מעשר שני) is a tithe mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and practised within Orthodox Judaism. It is distinguished from the first tithe (Hebrew: ''ma'aser rishon'' מעשר ראשון), the third or ...
") is the eighth tractate of ''
Seder Zeraim'' ("Order of Seeds") of the ''
Mishnah
The Mishnah or the Mishna (; , from the verb ''šānā'', "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. Having been collected in the 3rd century CE, it is ...
'' and of the ''
Talmud
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''. It concerns the second tithe obligation as well as the laws of Revai.
External links
Full text of the Mishnah for tractate Ma'aser Shenion
Sefaria (Hebrew and English)
Land of Israel laws in Judaism
Tithes in Judaism
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