Mishnah Terumot 1

Mishnah Terumot ("Heave Offerings"), in the order Zera'im (Seeds). The portion of produce given to the priests (Numbers 18:8-12), and how it is set aside and kept holy. The Mishnah is the first written code of Jewish oral law, compiled in the land of Israel about AD 200 under Rabbi Judah the Prince; it is rabbinic law and teaching, not scripture. English by Joshua Kulp (Mishnah Yomit), Hebrew from the Torat Emet edition.

1Five may not give terumah, and if they do so, their terumah is not considered terumah: A heresh (deaf-mute); an imbecile, a minor, And the one who gives terumah from that which is not his own. If a non-Jew gave terumah from that which belongs to an Israelite, even if it was with his permission, his terumah is not terumah.

חֲמִשָּׁה לֹא יִתְרֹמוּ, וְאִם תָּרְמוּ, אֵין תְּרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה. הַחֵרֵשׁ, וְהַשּׁוֹטֶה, וְהַקָּטָן, וְהַתּוֹרֵם אֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ. נָכְרִי שֶׁתָּרַם אֶת שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲפִלּוּ בִרְשׁוּת, אֵין תְּרוּמָתוֹ תְרוּמָה: (11597)

2A “heresh”, who speaks but cannot hear, may not give terumah, but if he does so, his terumah is terumah. The “heresh” of whom the sages generally speak is one who neither hears nor speaks.

חֵרֵשׁ הַמְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ, לֹא יִתְרֹם. וְאִם תָּרַם, תְּרוּמָתוֹ תְרוּמָה. חֵרֵשׁ שֶׁדִּבְּרוּ בוֹ חֲכָמִים בְּכָל מָקוֹם, שֶׁאֵינוֹ לֹא שׁוֹמֵעַ וְלֹא מְדַבֵּר: (6800)

3A minor who has not yet produced two [pubic] hairs: Rabbi Judah says: his terumah is terumah. Rabbi Yose says: if he has not arrived at the age when his vows are valid, his terumah is not terumah, but if he has arrived at an age where his vows are valid, his terumah is terumah.

קָטָן שֶׁלֹּא הֵבִיא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, תְּרוּמָתוֹ תְרוּמָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָא לְעוֹנַת נְדָרִים, אֵין תְּרוּמָתוֹ תְרוּמָה. וּמִשֶׁבָּא לְעוֹנַת נְדָרִים, תְּרוּמָתוֹ תְרוּמָה: (10916)

4They should not take terumah from olives for oil, or from grapes for wine. If one did: Bet Shammai says: there is terumah in [the olives or grapes] themselves. But Bet Hillel says: the terumah is not terumah.

אֵין תּוֹרְמִין זֵיתִים עַל הַשֶּׁמֶן, וְלֹא עֲנָבִים עַל הַיָּיִן. וְאִם תָּרְמוּ, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, תְּרוּמַת עַצְמָן בָּהֶם. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אֵין תְּרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה: (7797)

5They do not take terumah from ‘gleanings’, from ‘the forgotten sheaf’, from peah or from ownerless produce. [Neither is it taken] from first tithe from which terumah had already been taken, nor from second tithe and dedicated produce that had been redeemed. [Nor is it taken] from that which is subject [to terumah] for that which is exempt [from terumah], nor from that which is exempt for that which is subject. Nor from produce already plucked [from the soil] for that attached to it, nor from that attached [to the soil] for that already plucked. Nor from new produce for old, nor from old for new. Nor from produce from the land of Israel for produce grown outside the land, nor from that grown out of the land for that grown in the land. [In all these cases] if they did take terumah, their terumah is not terumah.

אֵין תּוֹרְמִין מִן הַלֶּקֶט, וּמִן הַשִּׁכְחָה, וּמִן הַפֵּאָה, וּמִן הַהֶפְקֵר, וְלֹא מִמַּעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁנִּטְּלָה תְּרוּמָתוֹ, וְלֹא מִמַּעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי וְהֶקְדֵּשׁ שֶׁנִּפְדּוּ, וְלֹא מִן הַחַיָּב עַל הַפָּטוּר, וְלֹא מִן הַפָּטוּר עַל הַחַיָּב, וְלֹא מִן הַתָּלוּשׁ עַל הַמְחֻבָּר, וְלֹא מִן הַמְחֻבָּר עַל הַתָּלוּשׁ, וְלֹא מִן הֶחָדָשׁ עַל הַיָּשָׁן, וְלֹא מִן הַיָּשָׁן עַל הֶחָדָשׁ, וְלֹא מִפֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ עַל פֵּרוֹת חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ, וְלֹא מִפֵּרוֹת חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ עַל פֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ. וְאִם תָּרְמוּ, אֵין תְּרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה: (19119)

6Five may not give terumah, but if they do, their terumah is terumah. A mute person; A drunken person; One who is naked; A blind person; Or one who has had a seminal emission. They may not give terumah, but if they do their terumah is valid.

חֲמִשָּׁה לֹא יִתְרֹמוּ, וְאִם תָּרְמוּ, תְּרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה. הָאִלֵּם, וְהַשִּׁכּוֹר, וְהֶעָרוֹם, וְהַסּוּמָא, וּבַעַל קֶרִי. לֹא יִתְרֹמוּ, וְאִם תָּרְמוּ, תְּרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה: (8083)

7They may not give terumah according to measure, or weight, or number, but one may give it from that which has already been measured, weighed or counted. They may not give terumah in a basket or a hamper of a measured capacity, but one may give in it when it is a half or a third filled. He may not give a half of seah in a seah measuring vessel, for this half constitutes a known measure.

אֵין תּוֹרְמִין, לֹא בְמִדָּה, וְלֹא בְמִשְׁקָל, וְלֹא בְמִנְיָן. אֲבָל תּוֹרֵם הוּא אֶת הַמָּדוּד וְאֶת הַשָּׁקוּל וְאֶת הַמָּנוּי. אֵין תּוֹרְמִין בְּסַל וּבְקֻפָּה שֶׁהֵם שֶׁל מִדָּה, אֲבָל תּוֹרֵם הוּא בָהֶן חֶצְיָן וּשְׁלִישָׁן. לֹא יִתְרֹם בִּסְאָה חֶצְיָהּ, שֶׁחֶצְיָהּ מִדָּה: (8766)

8They may not give terumah from oil for crushed olives nor may [they give terumah from] wine for trodden grapes. If he did so, his terumah is terumah, but he must give terumah again. The first terumah renders on its own [produce into which it falls] “doubtful terumah” and is subject to the added fifth, but not the second.

אֵין תּוֹרְמִין שֶׁמֶן עַל זֵיתִים הַנִּכְתָּשִׁין, וְלֹא יַיִן עַל עֲנָבִים הַנִּדְרָכִים. וְאִם תָּרַם, תְּרוּמָתוֹ תְרוּמָה, וְיַחֲזֹר וְיִתְרֹם. הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מְדַמַּעַת בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָהּ, וְחַיָּבִין עָלֶיהָ חֹמֶשׁ, אֲבָל לֹא שְׁנִיָּה: (8990)

9They may give terumah from oil for pickled olives, or from wine for grapes made into raisins. Behold, he gave terumah from oil for olives intended for eating, or from [other] olives for olives intended for eating, or for wine for grapes intended for eating, of from [other] grapes for grapes intended for eating, and he decided afterwards to press them, he need not give terumah again.

וְתוֹרְמִין שֶׁמֶן עַל זֵיתִים הַנִּכְבָּשִׁים, וְיַיִן עַל עֲנָבִים לַעֲשׂוֹתָם צִמּוּקִים. הֲרֵי שֶׁתָּרַם שֶׁמֶן עַל זֵיתִים לַאֲכִילָה, וְזֵיתִים עַל זֵיתִים לַאֲכִילָה, וְיַיִן עַל עֲנָבִים לַאֲכִילָה, וָעֲנָבִים עַל עֲנָבִים לַאֲכִילָה, וְנִמְלַךְ לְדָרְכָן, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לִתְרֹם: (9417)

10They may not take terumah from produce whose processing has been completed for produce whose processing has not been completed, or from produce whose processing has not been completed for produce whose processing has been completed or from produce whose processing has not been completed for other produce whose processing has not been completed. If they did take terumah, their terumah is terumah.

אֵין תּוֹרְמִין מִדָּבָר שֶׁנִּגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ עַל דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ, וְלֹא מִדָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ עַל דָּבָר שֶׁנִּגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ, וְלֹא מִדָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ עַל דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ. וְאִם תָּרְמוּ, תְּרוּמָתָן תְּרוּמָה: (11631)

English translation: Joshua Kulp, Mishnah Yomit (Conservative Yeshiva), via Sefaria, licensed CC BY; changes made (line breaks, spacing, a typo, and Kulp's study notes removed from five mishnayot). Hebrew: Torat Emet 357, public domain; Bikkurim chapter 4 from Dan Be'eri's edition of the Kaufmann manuscript, public domain.