Maaser (tithes)

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Jewish religious practice biblical commandment rabbinic institution tithe

Maaser (tithes) is the biblical and rabbinic Jewish system of mandatory offerings—typically a tenth of one’s agricultural produce or income—designated for the Levites, the poor, and sacred purposes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Maaser (tithes) canonical 1
Maaser Ani 1
Maaser Sheni 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious practice ⓘ
biblical commandment ⓘ
rabbinic institution ⓘ
tithe ⓘ
tithe ⓘ
tithe ⓘ
tithe ⓘ
appliesInYears fifth year of the Shemitah cycle ⓘ
first year of the Shemitah cycle ⓘ
fourth year of the Shemitah cycle ⓘ
second year of the Shemitah cycle ⓘ
sixth year of the Shemitah cycle ⓘ
third year of the Shemitah cycle ⓘ
appliesTo agricultural produce ⓘ
grain ⓘ
oil ⓘ
produce grown in the Land of Israel ⓘ
wine ⓘ
associatedWith tzedakah ⓘ
basedOnText Midrash ⓘ
Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
canBeRedeemedOn money ⓘ
category mitzvot hatluyot ba’aretz ⓘ
fractionOfProduce one tenth ⓘ
geographicScope Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: biblical Land of Israel
givenTo Tribe of Levi ⓘ
surface form: Levites

the poor ⓘ
hasHebrewName מעשר ⓘ
includes Maaser (tithes) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maaser Ani

Maaser Rishon ⓘ
Maaser Sheni ⓘ
legalStatusInDiaspora rabbinic obligation or custom ⓘ
literalMeaning tenth ⓘ
modernApplication often applied to monetary income as tzedakah ⓘ
percentage one tenth ⓘ
precondition separation of Terumah ⓘ
purpose support of Levites ⓘ
support of sacred purposes ⓘ
support of the poor ⓘ
regulatedIn Maaser (tithes) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: tractate Maaser Sheni

Maaser (tithes) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: tractate Maaserot
relatedConcept Jubilee ⓘ
Shemitah ⓘ
Terumah ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
sourceText Deuteronomy 14:22–27 ⓘ
Deuteronomy 14:28–29 ⓘ
Numbers 18:21 ⓘ
usedFor consumption in Jerusalem ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First fruits (Bikkurim) → relatedConcept → Maaser (tithes) ⓘ
Maaser (tithes) → regulatedIn → Maaser (tithes) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Maaser
this entity surface form: tractate Maaserot
Maaser (tithes) → regulatedIn → Maaser (tithes) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Maaser
this entity surface form: tractate Maaser Sheni
Maaser (tithes) → includes → Maaser (tithes) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Maaser
this entity surface form: Maaser Ani
Seder Zeraim → hasTractate → Maaser (tithes) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maaser Sheni