Title: Anki Torah / Mishnayos
Tags: Maaser_Sheini Maaser_Sheini5 Maaser_Sheini3 Maaser_Sheini4 Maaser_Sheini1 Maaser_Sheini2
On every note of this deck, unless a note says otherwise:
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Where must ma’aser sheini produce be consumed?
Back: In Jerusalem
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:1

Front: Why may ma’aser sheini produce not be used as a pledge for a loan?
Back: Since it is holy, it may not be used for mundane purposes
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:1

Front: May ma’aser sheini produce be redeemed?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:1

Front: May ma’aser sheini produce be given as a free gift?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:1

Front: Regarding ma’aser of cattle, where must its meat be consumed?
Back: In Jerusalem
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: Regarding ma’aser of cattle, which part of it must be offered on the altar?
Back: Its fats
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: Regarding ma’aser of cattle, may it be sold alive?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: Is it permitted to redeem a blemished ma’aser sheini animal?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: According to the Mishnah, an unblemished firstling of a clean animal may be sold. According to the Gemara, during which era does this apply?
Back: During the post-Temple era
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: May a blemished firstling be used to betroth a woman?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: From which phrase in the Torah do we learn that ma’aser sheini may only be redeemed with money that is at one’s disposal?
Back: ‘in your hand’ – Devarim 14:25
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:2

Front: A person uses ma’aser sheini redemption money to purchase an animal for a peace offering. Which part of the animal does not become holy?
Back: The hide
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:3

Front: Why may grape-residue wine not be bought with ma’aser sheini redemption money?
Back: Since it is regarded as water
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:3

Front: A person uses ma’aser sheini redemption money to purchase cattle for ordinary meat consumption. Explain why the person has not acted properly.
Back: Cattle bought with ma’aser sheini money must serve for peace offerings
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:4

Front: A person buys a basket of olives with ma’aser sheini money. Why does the basket become holy?
Back: Since it is the custom to sell olives without the basket, the holiness of the ma’aser sheini money is transferred to the basket
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:4

Front: A person buys a basket of olives with ma’aser sheini money. What must he do with the basket?
Back: He must buy food for its value and eat it in Jerusalem
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:4

Front: Can ma’aser sheini money be used to purchase produce that cannot reach Jerusalem without decaying?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:5

Front: A person purchases produce outside Jerusalem with his ma’aser sheini money but he was unaware that the money was ma’aser sheini money. Must the seller return the money and why?
Back: Yes because it was an erroneous transaction i.e. if the buyer knew the status of the money he would not have purchased the produce as it entails an arduous transport to Jerusalem
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:5

Front: During the post-Temple era, a person knowingly purchases cattle with ma’aser sheini money. What must he do with the cattle?
Back: He must abandon the cattle until they die and bury it
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:6

Front: Why may one not buy land with ma’aser sheini money?
Back: Because it is not food
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:7

Front: A person purchases a guilt offering with ma’aser sheini money and then offers it up. What must he do to fulfill his ma’aser sheini obligation?
Back: He must consume food to the value of the offering
Title: Maaser Sheini 1:7

Front: Ma’aser sheini serves three purposes. List them.
Back: Food, drink and anointing substances
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:1

Front: Why may one not anoint oneself with ma’aser sheini wine?
Back: Since it is not usually used for anointing
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:1

Front: Chullin honey worth 5 zuz falls into ma’aser sheini wine worth 10 zuz and the combined value is 30 zuz. For how much must the wine be redeemed?
Back: 20 zuz
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:1

Front: According to Rebbi Shimon, may one anoint oneself with ma’aser sheini oil?
Back: (a) No
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:2

Front: According to Rebbi Shimon, may one anoint oneself with terumah oil?
Back: (b) Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:2

Front: When is fenugreek edible?
Back: When it is immature (i.e. when it is tender and moist)
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:3

Front: According to Beit Hillel, why may one handle fenugreek with unclean hands?
Back: Since it is not considered food in the full sense
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:3

Front: When normal ma’aser sheini has entered Jerusalem, it may not be taken out of Jerusalem. Why are the Sages more lenient with vetches?
Back: Since only in cases of emergency do vetches serve as human food
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:4

Front: Ma’aser sheini vetches become unclean According to which Tana, may they not be redeemed?
Back: Rebbi Tarfon
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:4

Front: Vetches of terumah may be fed to cattle. Before doing so, must the Kohein wash his hands according to Beit Hillel?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:4

Front: Vetches of terumah may be fed to cattle. Before doing so, must the Kohein wash his hands according to Bet Shamai?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:4

Front: Vetches of terumah may be fed to cattle. Before doing so, must the Kohein wash his hands according to Rebbi Akiva?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:4

Front: 100 zuz of chullin money and 200 zuz of ma’aser sheini money get mixed in a heap and are gathered by the handful. The total amount gathered is 270 zuz. How much of it is allocated as ma’aser sheini money?
Back: 180 zuz
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:5

Front: ‘This is the general rule …’ – according to the Tosefta, what case does this come to include?
Back: When ma’aser sheini and chullin produce get scattered
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:5

Front: A sela of ma’aser sheini gets mixed with a sela of chullin and the owner wants to take the chullin sela out of Jerusalem. What must he use to redeem the 2 selas?
Back: 2 selas worth of copper coins
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:6

Front: A sela of ma’aser sheini gets mixed with a sela of chullin and the owner wants to take the chullin sela out of Jerusalem. Once the 2 selas have been redeemed, what must the owner do?
Back: He must redeem the copper coins with the superior sela
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:6

Front: According to Beit Shamai, why may one not convert his silver ma’aser sheini selas into gold dinars?
Back: Out of concern that one may postpone his trip to Jerusalem in order to gather sufficient selas worth a gold dinar
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:7

Front: According to Beit Hillel, may one change all of one’s ma’aser copper coins for a silver sela in order to lighten the load on the journey to Jerusalem?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:8

Front: According to the Sages, may one exchange ma’aser sheini silver coins for other silver coins together with produce?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:8

Front: According to Beit Hillel, one may not change a full sela of ma’aser sheini for copper coins in Jerusalem. Why?
Back: If one does not manage to use all his copper coins, the coins will deteriorate
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:9

Front: A person wants to purchase a jar of wine in Jerusalem with his ma’aser sheini sela and to allow his sons, some of whom are clean and some of whom unclean, to share the wine from the jar. How should he proceed?
Back: He puts down the sela and states that the sela will be in exchange for the wine that the clean sons will drink
Title: Maaser Sheini 2:10

Front: May a person use his ma’aser sheini produce to pay someone for work?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:1

Front: According to the Sages, may terumah be bought with ma’aser sheini money?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:2

Front: According to the Sages, may peace-offerings be bought with ma’aser sheini money?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:2

Front: In what way are peace-offerings more restrictive than terumah?
Back: Pigul, notar and uncleanness (of holy things) apply to peace-offerings but not to terumah
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:2

Front: A person has ma’aser sheini demai money in Jerusalem and he says to his am ha’aretz friend ‘This money is in exchange for your chullin produce’ and his friend agrees. What is the status of the money?
Back: Chullin
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:3

Front: A person has ma’aser sheini demai money in Jerusalem and he says to his am ha’aretz friend ‘This money is in exchange for your chullin produce’ and his friend agrees. What is the status of the produce?
Back: Ma’aser sheini
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:3

Front: A person is in Jerusalem with his ma’aser sheini money. May he redeem the money with his chullin produce that is outside Jerusalem?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:4

Front: According to the Tana Kama, may one take ma’aser sheini money out of Jerusalem?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:5

Front: According to the Tana Kama, may one take ma’aser sheini produce out of Jerusalem?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:5

Front: Produce whose work has been completed passed through Jerusalem while untithed. According to the Tana Kama, may the produce be redeemed and eaten anywhere according to Bet Hillel?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:6

Front: Produce whose work has been completed passed through Jerusalem while untithed. According to Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah, may the produce be redeemed and eaten anywhere according to Bet Hillel?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:6

Front: Produce whose work has not been completed passed through Jerusalem while untithed. According to the Tana Kama, may the produce be redeemed and eaten anywhere according to Bet Shamai?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:6

Front: Produce whose work has not been completed passed through Jerusalem while untithed. According to Rebbi Shimon ben Yehudah, may the produce be redeemed and eaten anywhere according to Bet Shamai?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:6

Front: A tree stands outside the wall of Jerusalem and leans to inside the wall. May one (a) eat ma’aser sheini (b) redeem ma’aser sheini on the part of the tree that faces the wall inward?
Back: (a) Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:7

Front: A Temple Court chamber that is situated in the Temple Court opens into the non-holy. May food of utmost holiness be eaten in the chamber?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:8

Front: A Temple Court chamber that is situated in the holy and non-holy and opens into the holy and non-holy. Where in and on the chamber is considered holy?
Back: The part of the interior on holy ground and the part of the roof that is above holy ground
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:8

Front: For each of the following state whether, according to Bet Hillel, it may be removed from Jerusalem after being redeemed: ma’aser sheini that became unclean from an av hatumah.
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:9

Front: For each of the following state whether, according to Bet Hillel, it may be removed from Jerusalem after being redeemed: ma’aser sheini that became unclean from a vlad hatumah
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:9

Front: Produce that is bought with ma’aser sheini money becomes unclean. According to the Sages may the produce be redeemed?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:10

Front: Produce that is bought with ma’aser sheini money becomes unclean. According to Rebbi Yehudah, may the produce be redeemed?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:10

Front: A person buys produce with ma’aser sheini money outside Jerusalem. May the produce be redeemed if it is not unclean?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:10

Front: A deer that is bought with ma’aser sheini money, dies. According to Rebbi Shimon, it may be redeemed. What may be done with it once redeemed?
Back: It may be fed to the dogs
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:11

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah, a live deer purchased with ma’aser sheini money has the status of ma’aser sheini itself. Why?
Back: Since it is mobile, it is not affected by “if the way be too long for you” i.e. it is not categorized as produce that one cannot take to Jerusalem
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:11

Front: A person pours ma’aser sheini wine from the vat into jars without specifying that the jars were on loan. At which point do the jars acquire ma’aser sheini sanctity?
Back: When they are sealed
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:12

Front: A person pours ma’aser sheini wine from the vat into jars without specifying that the jars were on loan. What must be done with the jars when they acquire ma’aser sheini sanctity?
Back: They must be sold in Jerusalem and the proceeds used to buy food
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:12

Front: A sealed jar of terumah becomes mixed with sealed jars of chullin. In what ratio does the terumah jar become nullified?
Back: It cannot become nullified in any ratio
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:12

Front: A person is purchasing wine with ma’aser sheini money and does not want the jars to be sanctified as ma’aser sheini. He therefore tells the seller to open the jars. Even according to Bet Hillel, the jars do not lose their ma’aser sheini sanctity. Explain why.
Back: The purchase occurred in a place where wine is generally sold in open jars
Title: Maaser Sheini 3:13

Front: A person brings ma’aser sheini produce from the threshing floor to the city. The value of the produce on the threshing floor is 100 zuz and in the city, 125 zuz and the cost of transporting it to the city, 15 zuz. At what price must he redeem the produce?
Back: 125 zuz
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:1

Front: A person brings ma’aser sheini produce from the threshing floor to the city. The value of the produce on the threshing floor is 100 zuz and in the city, 125 zuz and the cost of transporting it to the city, 15 zuz. What is the net amount of ma’aser money?
Back: 125 zuz
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:1

Front: May one redeem piled ma’aser sheini produce by guessing its volume?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:2

Front: What do ‘wine that has formed a film’ and ‘coins that have rusted’ have in common?
Back: They lack a fixed price and hence their redemption requires 3 expert valuators
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:2

Front: If one redeems someone else’s ma’aser sheini, must he add a fifth?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:3

Front: A person’s ma’aser sheini is worth 20 dinars. How much must he pay to redeem it?
Back: 25 dinars
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:3

Front: How may a person use his own son to avoid adding an additional fifth to redeem his ma’aser sheini?
Back: He may give money to his adult son and tell him to redeem the ma’aser sheini
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:4

Front: Reuvein gives his ma’aser sheini produce to a friend. May Reuvein then redeem the produce without adding a fifth?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:5

Front: True or false? Ma’aser sheini produce is redeemed only once the redemption money is paid
Back: TRUE
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:6

Front: Reuvein purchases ma’aser sheini produce from Shimon for 2 selas and does meshicha on the produce. Before paying the money, the value of the produce decreases to 1 selHow much money must the buyer give the seller and why?
Back: 2 selas because he acquired the produce when he did meshicha, at which time the produce was worth 2 selas
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:6

Front: Reuvein purchases ma’aser sheini produce from Shimon for 2 selas and does meshicha on the produce. Before paying the money, the value of the produce decreases to 1 selFor how much must the produce be redeemed?
Back: 1 sela
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:6

Front: According to which Tana is following true? - in order for ma’aser sheini redemption money to acquire ma’aser sanctity, one must explicitly state that the money is for the redemption of ma’aser.
Back: Rebbi Yehudah
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:7

Front: A person sets aside an issar to redeem ma’aser sheini produce and he redeems half an issar worth of produce and eats it. How much of the issar remains to redeem ma’aser sheini produce?
Back: Half an issar
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:8

Front: A person redeems definite ma’aser sheini produce outside Jerusalem with an issar and takes the issar to Jerusalem. According to Bet Hillel, what is the minimum value of produce that must be consumed in order to render the issar non-holy and why?
Back: Ten elevenths of an issar. Since the remaining eleventh of an issar (8/11ths of a perutah) plus a fifth thereof (2/11ths of a perutah) is less than a perutah, it is considered insignificant
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:8

Front: A person redeems demai ma’aser sheini produce outside Jerusalem with an issar and takes the issar to Jerusalem. According to Bet Shamai, what is the minimum value of produce that must be consumed in order to render the issar non-holy?
Back: Nine tenths of an issar
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:8

Front: A golden dinar is found mixed with silver and copper coins in Jerusalem during the month of Kisleiv. Can we assume that the money is all chullin?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:9

Front: A metal vessel is found with the word ‘korban’ written on its exterior. According to the Sages, is the vessel holy?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:10

Front: A metal vessel is found with the word ‘korban’ written on its exterior. According to the Sages, why are the contents of the vessel holy?
Back: It is unusual for people to put chullin into a holy vessel
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:10

Front: If the following letters are found on a jar, what is the status of the contents according to the Sages: Mem?
Back: Ma’aser sheini
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:11

Front: If the following letters are found on a jar, what is the status of the contents according to the Sages: Tet?
Back: Tevel
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:11

Front: A jar of produce is found and the word ‘terumah’ is written on the jar. According to Rebbi Yosi, do we consider the produce to be terumah? Why?
Back: No because we assume that the jar was used for terumah produce last year and the owner forgot to delete the writing from the jar after he removed the terumah produce and replaced it with chullin produce.
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:11

Front: One says to his son ‘Ma’aser sheini is in that corner’ and his son finds the ma’aser sheini in another place. What is the status of the produce in the corner?
Back: Chullin
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:12

Front: One says to his son ‘200 zuz of ma’aser sheini is in that corner’ and his son finds 100 zuz there. What is the status of the 100 zuz that he finds?
Back: Ma’aser sheini
Title: Maaser Sheini 4:12

Front: May kerem revai be eaten by its owners?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:1

Front: May orlah be eaten by its owners?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:1

Front: Why are graves marked?
Back: To warn Kohanim and Nazirites not to approach
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:1

Front: Why is it not necessary to mark one’s orlah in a year other than shemitah?
Back: Since nobody other than thieves would come to eat it and we are not concerned that thieves eat orlah
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:1

Front: The Sages decreed that kerem revai within a day’s journey from Jerusalem may not be redeemed. According to the Gemara, why did they make this enactment?
Back: To adorn the streets of Jerusalem with produce
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:2

Front: According to the Tana Kama, at what stage did the Sages decree that produce even within one day’s journey from Jerusalem be redeemed outside Jerusalem?
Back: When the produce in Jerusalem was ample
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:2

Front: According to Rebbi Yosi, at what stage did the Sages decree that produce even within one day’s journey from Jerusalem be redeemed outside Jerusalem?
Back: After the destruction of the Temple
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:2

Front: According to Bet Shamai, regarding which laws is neta revai not similar to ma’aser sheini?
Back: Chomesh and removal
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:3

Front: Which word in the Torah creates a gezeira shava between neta revai and ma’aser sheini?
Back: ‘holy’
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:3

Front: How many experts are required to assess the redemption value of neta revai?
Back: Three
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:4

Front: In the assessment of the redemption value of neta revai, are the expenses subtracted?
Back: Yes
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:4

Front: In the assessment of the redemption value of neta revai, which expenses are taken into account in the shemitah year?
Back: None
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:5

Front: According to our Mishnah, if one redeems his own neta revai, he must add a fifth to the redemption value. Does this follow the opinion of Bet Hillel or Bet Shamai?
Back: Bet Hillel
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:5

Front: During which years of the shemitah cycle does the biur of tithes take place?
Back: The fourth and seventh
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:6

Front: On the eve of which festival does the biur of tithes take place?
Back: Pesach
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:6

Front: Who are ‘the owners’ of terumah?
Back: The Kohanim
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:6

Front: What must be done with ma’aser sheini produce that has not been taken to Jerusalem by the time of biur?
Back: It must be destroyed
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:6

Front: After the destruction of the Temple, may one eat ma’aser sheini produce in Jerusalem?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:7

Front: After the destruction of the Temple, one need not redeem ma’aser sheini produce before the time of biur according to Bet Hillel. Why?
Back: Because in either case, they are subject to biur, it is pointless to redeem with money
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:7

Front: What does Rebbi Akiva hold that makes it unnecessary to hasten to separate one’s tithes?
Back: Since produce that has not reached the tithing season is exempt from biur
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:8

Front: If one cannot physically transfer one’s tithes to the appropriate recipients before the time of biur, what must one do?
Back: He must assign them by name to the relevant recipients by proclaiming who they belong to and where they are
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:9

Front: From what tribe did Rebbi Yehoshua ben Chananya come from?
Back: Levi
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:9

Front: What does the phrase ‘the hallowed things’ in the tithing confession refer to?
Back: Ma’aser sheini and neta revai
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:10

Front: Which phrase in the tithing confession refers to the gifts given to the Kohanim?
Back: ‘and also have given’
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:10

Front: What does the phrase ‘out of my house’ in the tithing confession refer to?
Back: Chala
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:10

Front: A person separated ma’aser sheini before separating ma’aser rishon. May he nevertheless make the tithing confession?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:11

Front: Which phrase of the tithing confession is a testimony that the person did not tithe from kilayim?
Back: ‘I have not transgressed your commandments’
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:11

Front: A person obliged to make a blessing on separating terumah and ma’aser. Is this a Torah obligation?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:11

Front: If a person ate his ma’aser sheini produce while he was an onen, he cannot make the tithing confession. Why?
Back: Because he will not be able to declare ‘I have not eaten of it in my mourning’
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:12

Front: May one use ma’aser sheini money to purchase a coffin?
Back: No
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:12

Front: What does the phrase ‘I have listened to the voice of the Lord my God’ in the tithing confession testify to?
Back: That the confessor brought his ma’aser sheini to be consumed in Jerusalem
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:12

Front: List the blessings that one requests from God in the tithing confession.
Back: Sons and daughters, dew and rain, increase in cattle, flavour imparted to the produce of the land
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:13

Front: From which phrase in the tithing confession do we learn that converts do not make the confession?
Back: ‘the land that you have given us’
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:14

Front: According to which Tana do Kohanim and Levites not make the tithing confession?
Back: Rebbi Meir
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:14

Front: Why did Yochanan the Kohein Gadol abolish the tithing confession?
Back: The Levites did not return to Israel after the Babylonian exile. Ezra therefore penalized them by instructing that ma’aser rishon should go to the Kohanim instead of the Levites. As such, the people could not proclaim the phrase ‘also have given them to the Levites’
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:15

Front: ‘the strikers’ – what did they used to strike?
Back: The sacrificial calves
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:15

Front: Why did Yochanan the Kohein Gadol stop the use of hammers on Chol Hamoed, even in situations when the hammering was permitted to prevent a loss?
Back: Because the disturbing noise of the hammers profaned the sanctity of these days
Title: Maaser Sheini 5:15