Commentary for Yoma 17:1

לפי ששלח בכל גבולי ישראל וראה שאין מפרישין אלא תרומה גדולה בלבד

Because he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Johanan, the high priest.');">¹</span> sent into all the districts of Israel and he found that they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The great mass of the people, exclusive of the Haberim. V. Glos. s.v. haber.');">²</span> were separating only the great heave-offering;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Sot. 48a.');">³</span> [it is also right that the Sages did not impose upon these bakers] the first tithe and the poo man's tithe,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first tithe belonged to the Levite and was due annually; the second tithe was to be consumed by the owner in Jerusalem, annually; the third tithe was due every third year-it was the poor man's tithe.');">⁴</span>

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