The Daily Mishnah with Benedict

How do we treat seventh year produce and what do we do if we get it wrong? Turns out, we can eat our way out of the problem. Source sheet on Sefaria is here - scroll to the end.

Today's Daily Mishnah maintains its focus on permitted and forbidden uses for 7th year produce and brings an extreme view (that is rejected) about 'burning the bones' of someone who crosses the line.

Geography is everything! What types of 7th year produce you can trade and with whom, and when the Law of Removal takes effect, depends on local geography.

The prozbul, which permitted lending across the sabbatical year, was one of the most important halachic innovations of the early rabbis. In this episode, find out how it really works. All the sources mentioned can be found at the end of the sheet here:  https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/404495?lang=bi

We close out the tractate of the Seventh Year with a discussion about what is just and what is right. For the sources, check out the source-sheet here and go to the end:  https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/404495?lang=bi

Introduction to the Mishnah of Terumot - it is not possible to give tithes to the priests without knowledge and intent, and so those who lack agency and capacity are invalid.

Who can give teruma? Someone with obligation, capacity and knowledge. From what sources? Must be like-for-like - olives for olives rather than for oil, grapes for grapes rather than for wine.

Finishing the first chapter in the tractate of Terumot and the concept of 'like for like' when giving teruma. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Starting the second chapter in the tractate of Terumot and extending the concept of 'like for like' when giving teruma to pure and impure. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Finishing the second chapter in the tractate of Terumot and extending the concept of 'like for like' when giving teruma to issues of species and quality. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Today's Daily Mishnah deals with mistakes with teruma, mixtures, partners/agents, and boundary cases. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Today's Daily Mishnah deals with the power of intention and speech in designating teruma. For the source sheet, look here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/414973.2?lang=bi

Today's Daily Mishnah continues to focus on the power of intention and speech in designating teruma and looks at the question of whether you need to be Jewish to give teruma. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah begins Chapter 4 of Terumot and begins to look at numbers: how much teruma do we need to take what happens if we take it in stages? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah continues to focus on numbers and looks at the question of how much terumah one is allowed to give - what is the maximum? As usual, there are conflicting views. 

For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot

Today's Daily Mishnah builds on what we've learned about numbers and moves into mixtures - how much terumah can fall into ordinary food without giving all the food the status of terumah? As ever, opinions differ.

For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot