Commentary for Kiddushin 105:15

והרי תרומה דכתיב (ירמיהו ב, ג) קדש ישראל לה' ראשית תבואתו ותנן המקדש בתרומה מקודשת ההוא בישראל כתיב

- yet we learnt: If one betroths with terumoth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Plur. of terumah, and this including the terumah of the tithe, v. infra 58a.');">²⁸</span> she is betrothed? - That is because 'unto the Lord' is not written there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is the emphatic 'it is the Lord's' which teaches that it may not be used for betrothal.');">²⁹</span> But what of hallah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">³⁰</span> whereof it is written, [of the first of your dough] ye shall give unto the Lord,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XV, 21; unto the Lord is the same word in Heb. as it is the Lord's.');">³¹</span> - yet we learnt: If one betroths [a woman] with terumoth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Pl. of terumah; hallah is included in that term.');">³²</span> she is betrothed? - That is because 'holy' is not written there. But what of the seventh year, whereof it is written: For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 12.');">³³</span> yet we learnt: If one betroths with seventh year produce, [the woman is] betrothed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Mishnah on ');">³⁴</span> - That is because 'unto the Lord' is not written there. But what of terumah, whereof it is written: Israel is holy unto the Lord, the first-fruits [i.e., terumah] of his produce,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. II, 3.');">³⁵</span> - yet we learnt: If one betroths [a woman] with terumoth, she is betrothed? - That refers to Israel.

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