תלמוד על דברים 26:2

Rebbi Joḥanan said, in all cases they judged by the rules of robbers. Rebbi Yose said, that is what the Mishnah⁶Mishnah 1:2. means: “Why can he not bring? Because it was said (Deut. 26:2): ‘the beginning of the First Fruits of your land.’ ”

Rebbi Zeriqan asked before Rebbi Zeïra: Is the Mishnah Rebbi’s since Rebbi said, all roots live off one another¹¹‘Orlah 1:1, Note 39.? He said to him, it is everybody’s opinion. Here, the Torah said (Deut. 26:2): “the beginning of the First Fruits of your land,” that all growth be from your land.

MISHNAH: Why can he not bring? Because it was said (Deut. 26:2): “You shall bring the beginning of the First Fruits of your land,” that all the growth should be from your land. For the same reason sharecroppers, tenant farmers, sicarii²¹Knife-wielding robbers who take deeds of property as ransom for the lives of the property owners. The sicarii mentioned in this Mishnah obviously are Jews; in Mishnah Giṭṭin 5:6 the sicarii are Gentiles., and robbers cannot bring, since it is said: “The beginning of the First Fruits of your land.”