[Avodah] terumot and maaserot

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Eli Turkel wrote:

> I got lost on the application to maaser. We don't actually take
> out maaser (unless you meant terumat maaser) Rather we state that
> 10% in the north (for example) of each kind is now maaser rishon
> and similarly for maaser sheni. Since the standard version is
> "kol min al mono" it shouldn't make a difference what the
> percentages of the mixture is. Of course as mentioned one needs
> to take out 1+% out of each kind.

This is exactly correct. As I wrote, I was leaving out many details.

> BTW if one buys two kinds of apples, as far as I know one takes
> out the 1+% out of the total and not from each kind. In practice
> one also assumes that they are from the same year unless known
> otherwise.

According to Mechaber YD 331:53 this too is correct; he adds that the rules for "same species" are the same both here and for Kila'im. In this light, it is interesting to note that the Chazon Ish Kila'im 3:7 considers it to be a safek, whether esrog, lemon, orange and grapefruit might all be the same species for these purposes.

Akiva Miller

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