Quotation for Rosh Hashanah 27:8
מאי בינייהו א"ר אבהו בצלים הסריסין ופול המצרי איכא בינייהו דתנן בצלים הסריסין ופול המצרי שמנע מהן מים שלשים יום לפני ר"ה מתעשרין לשעבר ומותרין בשביעית ואם לאו אסורין בשביעית ומתעשרין לשנה הבאה:
R'Akiba said: 'After that thou hast gathered it, from thy threshing-floor and thy wine press:' just as [the products brought to the] threshing-floor and wine press have this special feature that they are nurtured by rain water<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'most (kinds of) water'.');"><sup>9</sup></span> and [consequently] are tithed for the outgoing year, so all products that are nurtured by rain water 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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