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Terumat Ma'aser


In the Hebrew Bible, the tithe of the tithes (Hebrew: תרומת המעשרterumat ha-maaser) is a mitzvah (biblical requirement) for the recipient Levite to give to the priest a tenth (10%) of the tithe of produce that the former received from the Israelite. It applies only to agricultural produce grown in the Land of Israel.

This "tithe of the tithes" is a derivative of the tithe offering (Hebrew: תרומת המעשרterumat ha-maaser) - a rabbinical Hebrew term based on the commandment in the Hebrew Bible to give a tithe maaser of 10% to the Levites. The first term, terumah, means offering. The term "tithe offering," terumat ha-maaser, is alluded to in the Hebrew Bible text under the words "a tithe (tenth) of the tithe" (Numbers 18:26).


The term "tithe" (Hebrew: מעשרmaaser) occurs 10 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, in addition to the term maasar hamaaser (Hebrew: מַעֲשַׂר הַמַּעֲשֵׂר‎ "tithe of the tithe", in the Septuagint Greek: δεκάτῃ τῆς δεκάτης dekate tes dekates) which occurs once only in Nehemiah 10:39.


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