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Harvest-Time Allocations for the Poor in Ancient Rabbinic Texts
1st–4th Centuries
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These texts explore the various types of produce and tithes designated for the poor in Leviticus 19:9–10, Deuteronomy 24:19–21, and Deuteronomy 14:28–29. The Palestinian Talmud expands on the mishnah, discussing the maximum amount of money a person can have and still be considered poor, and the benefits and detriments of giving charity.
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The Mishnah on Harvest-Time Allocations
1. At what point is everyone permitted to take leket [produce that falls on the ground during the harvest and must be left for the poor]? Once the slowest [poor] gatherers have finished. [At what…
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The Palestinian Talmud on Harvest-Time Allocations
A person who has [at least] two hundred zuz may not take leket, shikheḥah, pe’ah, or the tithe for the poor. If a person has even one dinar less than two hundred zuz, then if they are given one…
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Economics, Labor, and Charity in Ancient Judaism
4th Century BCE–6th Century CE