Yevamos 86b

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Yevamot 86b

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Topic

Who may receive מעשר ראשון, why the לויים were fined, and a new משנה on when a woman eats תרומה or מעשר through her husband or child.

Overview

The גמרא finishes a ברייתא where רבי אלעזר בן עזריה says מעשר ראשון may go to a כהן as well as a לוי, while רבי עקיבא says only a לוי gets it. Each side reads the פסוקים differently. רבי עקיבא points to 'speak to the לויים' and 'eat it in any place.' רבי אלעזר בן עזריה answers that כהנים are sometimes called לויים, and that 'any place' only means no city wall is needed. A story shows רבי עקיבא blocking רבי אלעזר בן עזריה from a garden by turning its entrance toward a cemetery. אמוראים then explain that the לויים were fined for not going up with עזרא, and argue whether the fined מעשר goes to the poor or to כהנים who are טמא. The גמרא brings the פסוק showing the לויים were missing in עזרא's time, plus רב חסדא's teaching about שוטרים. Finally, a new משנה tracks what a woman may eat, תרומה or מעשר, through her husbands and her living children.

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The steps (21)

1. StatementThe ruling: first tithe goes to a priest
2. ChallengeOnly to a priest and not a Levite?
3. ResolutionHe means 'also to a priest'
4. QuestionWhat is רבי עקיבא's source?
5. ResponseThe verse speaks to the Levites
6. ResolutionPriests are sometimes called Levites
7. Challengeרבי עקיבא: here it cannot mean priests
8. Resolution'Any place' means no city wall is needed
9. Statementרבי עקיבא moves the garden's entrance
10. Statementרבי אלעזר בן עזריה's playful complaint
11. QuestionWhy were the Levites penalized?
12. ResponseTwo reasons: Ezra's time, or helping impure priests
13. ChallengeWhy would the לויים be fined for the sake of the כהנים?
14. ResolutionBoth agree on the fine and argue only about who receives it
15. ChallengeWhy did רבי עקיבא move the gate, according to the כהנים view?
16. ResolutionA כהן may receive it as a fine, but not claim it as his share
17. QuestionHow do we know the לויים did not go up with עזרא?
18. Responseעזרא found no לויים at the river
19. Statementרב חסדא: שוטרים came first from לויים, later from ישראלים
20. StatementNew משנה: a woman eats תרומה or מעשר through her husband or her child
21. StatementAs each son dies, her right to eat returns or ends