1)

What is "Reishis Degancha ... " referring to?

1.

Rashi #1: It refers to Terumah. 1

2.

Rashi #2 (in Shmuel 1, 15:21): It means the best of one's crops. 2


1

Refer to 18:4:1.2:1.

2

Refer to Bamidbar, 18:30:0.2:1 and see Torah Temimah, note 24.

2)

How much is considered Reishis Degancha?

1.

Rashi: The Torah does not give Shi'ur. The Chachamim however, gave the Shi'ur as a fortieth for someone who is generous; a fiftieth for an average person and a sixtieth for someon who is stingy. 1


1

Rashi: And they supported the Shi'ur of one sixtieth from the Pasuk in Yechezkel, 45:13 "Shishis ha'Eifah Chatzi Sa'ah"

3)

What are the connotations of the word "Degancha"?

1.

Rashi (in Ki Savo, 26:13): The first from the time that it became Dagan - following the Miru'ach (flattening the pile that follows the winnowing). 1

2.

Kidushin, 62a: It is only called 'Dagan' after it has been detached. Consequently, the obligation to Ma'aser one's crops does not apply as long as they are still attached to the ground.


1

See also Ba'al ha'Turim and refer to Bamidbar, 18:12:1:1*.

4)

What are the implications of "Degancha"?

1.

Chulin, 138b: To preclude corn that is partially owned by a Nochri from T'rumos and Ma'asros. 1

2.

Yerushalmi Ma'asros, 1:1: "Degancha" precludes corn that is Hefker and that belong to Hekdesh from T'rumos and Ma'asros. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 25.

5)

What is "Reishis Geiz Tzoncha"?

1.

Rashi #1: 'When you shear your sheep each year, give part of the shearings to the Kohen'. 1


1

See Sifsei Chachamim.

6)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) word "ve'Reishis Gez ... "?

1.

Chulin, 136a: To teach us that, as opposed to "Reishis Degancha", 1 the wool before it has been separated is not subject to the Din of Tevel, and that, as opposed to Terumah, there are no Ma'asros to be given after it.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 27.

7)

Why does the Torah write "Reishis Gez Tzoncha" and not "me'Reishis ... " like it does in connection Chalah (See Torah Temimah, note 2) and Bikurim?

1.

Chulin, 136b: To teach us that one is permitted to declare the entire batch of wool 'Reishis ha'Gez'. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 21.

8)

What is the definition of 'Gez'?

1.

Sifri: It means wool that has been shorn and not 'Shetef' (wool that came off after the owner washed the lamb - Torah Temimah). 1

2.

Chulin, 137a: We learn via a Gezeirah Shavah "Gez" "u'mi'Gez Kevasai Yischamam" - Iyov, 31:20, that hard wool - that does not warm a person - is not subject to Reishis ha'Gez.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 31.

9)

What is "Reishis Gez Tzoncha" coming to preclude?

1.

Chulin, 135a #1: It precludes sheep that belong to Hekdesh Bedek ha'Bayis. 1

2.

Chulin, 135a #2: It precludes wool of sheep that are partially owned by a Nochri from Reishis ha'Gez. 2

3.

Chulin, 136a: It precludes the shearings that one purchases from a Nochri from Reishis ha'Gez. 3

4.

Chulin, 136a: "Gez Tzoncha Titen" precludes one's wool that one declared Hekdesh before shearing from Reishis ha'Gez - since it requires redeeming in addition to shearing before giving it to the Kohen. 4


1

See Torah Temimah, note 33.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 34.

3

Rashi (Ibid.): Since, even though the shearings are yours, the sheep are not. See Torah Temimah, note 35.

4

See Torah Temimah, note 36.

10)

How much wool is one obligated to give the Kohen for Reishis ha'Gez? How many sheep does one need to shear to obtain it?

1.

Rashi: The Shi'ur (mi'de'Rabbanan) 1 for Reishis ha'Gez is a sixtieth, provided the owner sheared at least five sheep. 2

2.

Targum Yonasan and Da'as Zekenim (citing Chulin 138a): The minimum Shi'ur of Reishis ha'Gez is enough wool to manufacture a belt for the Bigdei Kehunah. 3 (which the Chachamim learned from the word "Titen" (implying a significant gift - Rosh). 4

3.

Chulin, 136a: Refer to 18:4:5:3.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 37.

2

Rashi: Which the Chachamim learn from the Pasuk in Shmuel 1, 25:18, and R' Akiva, from our Pasuk: ' "Reishis Gez"

11)

What are the implications of the words "Titen lo"?

1.

Rashi (in Chulin, 136b): It implies Lo", 've'Lo le'Kalbo' - which teaches us that a T'reifah animal is not subject to Matanos. 1

2.

Pesachim, 33a: It implies Titen lo", 've'Lo le'Oro' - One must give the Kohen Terumah to eat and not to use as fuel for his lamp. 2 Consequently, if someone separates T'rumas Chametz on Pesach, the Terumah is not Kodesh. 3

3.

Chulin, 136a #1: It implies an amount that is worthy of a Nesinah, 4 which Chazal assessed as five Sela'im worth in Yehudah, which is equivalent to ten in the Galil.

4.

Chulin, 136a #2: We learn via a Gezeirah Shavah 'Nesinh' 'Nesinah' from Terumah that Reishis ha'Gez only applies in Eretz Yisrael, but not in Chutz la'Aretz. 5

5.

Tosefta Chulin, 10:1: It implies that if the owner separated Reishis ha'Gez and it got lost, he remains liable until he hands it to the Kohen. 6


1

Refer to 18:3:2:3 and see Torah Temmiah, note 10.

2

Shabbos, 24b: We cn extrapolate that when performing the Mitzvah of burning Terumah Teme'ah - See Torah Temimh, note 39 - one is permitted to benefit from it. See Torah Temimah, note 40.

3

Refer also to 15:4:1.1:1*.

4

See Torah Temimah, note 37.

5

See Torah Temimah, note 38.

6

Refer to 18:3:2:3 and note 10. See Torah Temimah, note 42.

12)

Rashi (in Korach Bamidbar, 15:21) wrote that "me'Reishis" teaches that also from one's first dough, one separates only part. But also Terumah, one may not make the entire amount Terumah, even though it does not say "me'Reishis"?

1.

Refer to Bamidbar 15:21:151:1 & 2.

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