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The poor man's tithe (Hebrew: מַעְשַׂר עָנִי ma'sar ani), also referred to as the pauper's tithe or the third tithe, is a triennial tithe of one's produce, required in Jewish law. It requires that one tenth of produce grown in the third and sixth years of the seven-year sabbatical cycle be given to the Levites and the poor.
Harvested grapes in basket and reaped barley. The tithe (Hebrew: מעשר; ma'aser) is specifically mentioned in the Books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.The tithe system was organized in a seven-year cycle, the seventh-year corresponding to the Shemittah-cycle in which year tithes were broken-off, and in every third and sixth-year of this cycle the second tithe replaced with the poor ...
This reading could be based on Malachi 3:1, "Behold, I will send my messenger...", if "my messenger" is taken literally as the name Malachi. [12] Thus, there is substantial debate regarding the identity of the book's author and many assume that "Malachi" is an anonymous pen-name. However, others disagree.
The Levites, in turn, separated terumat ma'aser from their tithe (1 ⁄ 10 of the tithe, or 1 ⁄ 100 of the crop). The second tithe and poor tithe, both 1 ⁄ 10 of the crop, were taken in an alternating basis according to the seven-year shmita cycle. In years 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the cycle, second tithe was taken. In years 3 and 6, poor tithe ...
OJO Images RF/Getty Images "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's... And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock ...
The form mal'akhi (literally "my malakh") signifies "my messenger"; it occurs in Malachi 3:1 [10] (compare to Malachi 2:7, but this form would hardly be appropriate as a proper name without some additional syllable such as Yah, whence mal'akhiah, i.e. "messenger of Yah". [11] In the Book of Haggai, Haggai is designated the "messenger of the L ORD."
Malachi connected a purification of the "sons of Levi" with the coming of God's messenger: Behold, I send My messenger , and he shall clear the way before Me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to His temple , and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh, saith the L ORD of hosts.
Practically speaking, the Torah forbids non-Aaronides from offering the Ketoret offering on the inner altar, [10] approaching the altar or the Holy of Holies, [11] or receiving the twenty-four priestly gifts. [12] Pinchas, who was a grandson of Aaron, received a separate "covenant of eternal priesthood" following his act of zealotry. [13]