[Avodah] Maaser Sheni and Yerushalayim bizman hazeh

[Zev Sero]

On 16/11/2010 2:51 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> If, however, there is no miqdash, you must leave the fruit to rot.
>
> Does this not imply that bayis sheini ... LO qidshah le'asid lavo?
> Otherwise, why couldn't someone eat it in Y-m? The dividing line would
> be the availability of parah adumah, not the BHMQ.

Not so.   Maaser Sheni applies whether there is a Bayis or not, but it
may only be eaten in Yerushalayim when there is a Bayis.
http://mechon-mamre.org/i/7502.htm

So yes, kedusha shniya kidsha le'asid lavo; Y'm still has exactly the
same kedusha it had when the 2nd bayis was standing.  But what allows
MS to be eaten is the actual existence of a Bayis; without it the fruit
has kedusha, and the place has kedusha, but there is no permission to
eat the fruit.


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