Talmud for Numbers 18:29

Everything teaches for itself and for others⁷Every verse of the Torah first is needed for its subject but then can be used to deduce rules for other cases by the standard rules of inference, either following R. Ismael or R. Aqiba., the heave of the tithes teaches for others what it does not teach for itself⁸While very few verses speak about the obligation of the Great Heave and no details are given, the verses dealing with the heave of the tithe are many and partially contradictory. As explained in the paragraph, the general expressions are taken to refer to the Great Heave and the detailed instructions for the heave of the tithe.. The heave of the tithe teaches for Great Heave that it should not be taken from pure produce for impure but itself can be taken from pure produce for impure. From where? Rebbi Yose in the name of Ḥizqiah, Rebbi Jonah in the name of Rebbi Yannai (Num. 18:28): “You shall give from it the Eternal’s heave to Aharon the priest;” it should be given to Aharon in his status as priest⁹Sacral meals, the main duty of a Cohen, must all be eaten in strict purity.. Cahana said (Num. 18:29): “From its best, the sanctified part from it;” take from its sanctifiable part. The heave of the tithe teaches for Great Heave that it should be taken from earmarked produce⁶“From itself” is repeated in Num. 18 several times, verses 26, 28, 29, 30, 32. While it is asserted in the next paragraph that heave of the tithe, the subject of that paragraph, need not be from the particular batch of tithe for which it is given, it is emphasized sufficiently to point out that Great Heave may be given from any part of the batch, even if part of it is pure and the remainder impure. but itself may be taken from non-earmarked. From where that heave of the tithe may be taken from non-earmarked produce? (Num. 18:28) “From all of your tithes,” one in Judea and one in Galilee. The heave of the tithe teaches for Great Heave that it should be taken only from finished produce, itself also should be taken from finished produce¹⁰Chapter 1, Note 206..

³²This is in Terumot Chapter 4; Notes 64–66. From where that they may be lifted? Rebbi Jonah said, it is written (Num. 18:29): “From all its best its sanctifying part from it.” Something from which you lift it, so that if this falls into anything it sanctifies it. How much is this? One in one hundred. Rebbi Eliezer says, one adds a seah and then lifts. Rebbi Joshua says one adds a small amount and lifts. Rebbi Yose ben Meshullam says “and more” is one qab per one hundred seah, one sixth of what makes dema‘.

“First tithe of which its heave had been taken;” since its heave was taken, is it not like profane? Explain it if he gave it early, from ears, as Rebbi Abbahu said in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: First tithe given early, from ears, is free from [the obligation of] great heave¹²³Babli Berakhot47a,Šabbat 127b, Eruvin 31b, Pesaḥim 35b, Beẓah13b, in the name of R. Simeon ben Laqish; Yerushalmi Bikkurim 2:3, 2:4 (fol. 65a).. Rebbi Yose said, it is written¹²⁴The two verses quoted are written about heave of the tithe. The MT of 18:28 reads מִכָּל־חֶלְבּוֹ. (Num. 18:29): “From all its best, the holy part from it;” not its best and the best of another person. Rebbi Yose said, it is written (Num. 18:26): “You shall lift from it the heave of the Eternal, tithe of the tithe,” but not heave and tithe from the tithe. When he¹²⁵The Levite who threshed the ears given to him as tithe. made a heap and then gave its heave of the tithe. But if he gave heave of the tithe and then made a heap¹²⁶This starts the obligation of heave which then must be given. In the Babli, this is an observation ascribed to Abbaye. this does not apply. When he gave from itself for it, but if he gave from another place¹²⁷This is permitted but then it is not “from it”; the verses do not apply. this does not apply.

HALAKHAH: From where that they are not lifted? Rebbi Jonah said, it is written (Num. 18:29): “From all its best its sanctifying part from it.” Something from which you lift it, so that if this falls into anything it sanctifies it⁶⁴This argument proves only that heave creates dema‘, not that dema‘ containing a minute amount of heave may be repaired. The same argument is in Sifry Num. 121.. How much is this? One in one hundred⁶⁵In Tosephta 5:8, the argument is made that the smallest amount called heave is heave of the tithe which is 10% of 10% or 1%, and that nothing less is called heave. The argument is rejected. Therefore, the determination of these limits is purely rabbinical.. Rebbi Eliezer says, one adds a seah and then lifts. Rebbi Joshua says one adds a small amount and lifts. Rebbi Yose ben Meshullam says “and more” is one qab per one hundred, one sixth of what makes dema‘; practice follows him⁶⁶Nevertheless, Maimonides (Terumot 13:1) decides according to R. Eliezer, probably because Mishnaiot Ḥallah 1:9, Orlah 2:1 are anonymous and follow R. Eliezer; in addition the Tosephta (5:8) quotes the ruling of R. Eliezer in the name of R. Yose, the most important teacher of the fourth generation, whose word is almost always to be followed..