Quotation for Rosh Hashanah 27:6
תניא רבי יוסי הגלילי אומר (דברים טז, יג) באספך מגרנך ומיקבך מה גורן ויקב מיוחדין שגדילין על מי שנה שעברה ומתעשרין לשנה שעברה אף כל שגדילין על מי שנה שעברה מתעשרין לשנה שעברה יצאו ירקות שגדילין על מי שנה הבאה ומתעשרין לשנה הבאה
[this tells us that] just as the [produce brought to the] threshing floor and the wine press have this special feature, that they are nurtured by the waters<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This apparently includes both rain water and irrigation.');"><sup>7</sup></span> of the outgoing year and are [consequently] tithed for the outgoing year, so all products which are nurtured by the waters of the outgoing year are tithed for the outgoing year.
Sifrei Devarim
"when you gather in from your threshing-floor and your wine-press": Just as (the fruits of) threshing-floor and wine-press are distinct in that they grow by the water of the preceding year, and their tithes are given according to the tithing order of the preceding year, so, all things that grow by the water of the preceding year are tithed according to the tithing order of the preceding year — to exclude greens, which, not growing by the water of the preceding year, are tithed according to the tithing order of the year to come. These are the words of R. Yossi Haglili.
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