Commentary for Kiddushin 53:1

נתון לו ליהושע ומקומו מושכר לו ועישור אחר שאני עתיד למוד נתון לו לעקיבא בן יוסף כדי שיזכה בו לעניים ומקומו מושכר לו ש"מ בעינן צבורים בה שאני התם כי היכי דלא ליטרחינהו

be given to Joshua,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., R. Joshua b. Hanania, who was a Levite.');">¹</span> and its place [where it is lying] be rented to him; and the other tenth which I am to measure out be given to Akiba B'Joseph, that he shall acquire it on behalf of the poor,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was either the third or the sixth year after the year or release (shemittah) , when a tithe must be given to the poor. R. Akiba was the charity overseer.');">²</span> and its place be rented to him'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And they were to obtain a title in virtue of the place. - Rashi states: R. Gamaliel had forgotten to separate the tithes before leaving home, nor had he authorized his household to do so, and he was afraid that they might eat thereof before his return. Tosaf.: It was the time when all tithes had to be given up (likewise at the end of the third and the sixth years: though the tithes were separated before, they might be kept in the house of the Israelite until then) , and R. Gamaliel chose this way of giving it. In that case it would appear that the tithes had already been separated, but the phrase, 'which I am to measure out' suggests otherwise; v. Rashal and Maharsha. v. B.M. (Sonc. ed.) p. 62 and notes.');">³</span>

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