Commentary for Nedarim 116:5

הרי מעשר דאיסורו ע"י קרקע ואין בטילתו על ידי קרקע דתניא ליטרא מעשר טבל שזרעה בקרקע והשביחה והרי היא כעשר ליטרין חייבת במעשר ובשביעית ואותה ליטרא מעשר עליה ממקום אחר לפי חשבון

is sown in the soil and it improves [i.e.. increases], and is the equivalent of ten litras, it [sc. the whole] is liable to tithe<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although itself a tithe, the ordinary law of tebel applies to it, and it must be retithed (and terumah too must be given). ');">¹⁷</span> and [is subject to the laws of] the Sabbatical year,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it grew in that year. ');">¹⁸</span> whilst as for the [original] <i>litra</i>, a tithe thereof must be seperated from elsewhere,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a tithe — the terumah of the tithe due in the first place — must be given to the priest. This tithe must not be taken out of the resultant crop, but from the previous year's, of which the litra was part, because one must not tithe one year's grain with another's. ');">¹⁹</span> according to calculation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This proves that the forbidden nature of the untithed tithe remains, in spite of the fact that it was sown in the soil. ');">²⁰</span>

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