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The `!animal tithe`! (`F33f`_`[Hebrew`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Hebrew_language]`_`f: מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה, "Ma'sar Behemah")`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] is a `F33f`_`[commandment`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Mitzvah]`_`f in the `F33f`_`[Torah`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Torah]`_`f requiring the sanctifying a `F33f`_`[tithe`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Tithe]`_`f of `F33f`_`[kosher`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Kosher]`_`f grazing animals (cattle, sheep, and goats) to God, to be sacrificed as a `*`F33f`_`[Korban`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Korban]`_`f`* at the `F33f`_`[Temple in Jerusalem`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Temple_in_Jerusalem]`_`f.

The tithe of animals was not redeemable; and if one animal was exchanged for another both became sanctified. The method of levying the tithe of animals is indicated: they were counted singly; and every tenth one that passed under the rod became the tithe animal.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

The `F33f`_`[Tannaim`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Tannaim]`_`f inferred from `F33f`_`[Deuteronomy`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Book_of_Deuteronomy]`_`f 14:22 that each tithe was to be taken of every year's produce separately, whether of crops, of cattle, or of anything else subject to tithing.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] Also they fixed a particular day to mark the beginning of the year for tithing. The new year's day for the tithing of animals (`F33f`_`[Rosh Hashanah L'Ma'sar Behemah`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Rosh_Hashanah_L'Ma'sar_Behemah]`_`f) is the first of `F33f`_`[Elul`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Elul]`_`f according to `F33f`_`[Rabbi Meir`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Rabbi_Meir]`_`f, or the first of `F33f`_`[Tishrei`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Tishrei]`_`f according to `F33f`_`[Rabbi Eleazar`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Eleazar_ben_Shammua]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Rabbi Simeon`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Simeon_bar_Yochai]`_`f.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

The `F33f`_`[Sages`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Chazal]`_`f ordained that animals should not be tithed in the present era when the Temple is not standing.`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f]

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• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>See also

• `F33f`_`[First tithe`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=First_tithe]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Poor tithe`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Poor_tithe]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Second tithe`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Second_tithe]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Seadict.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `F33f`_`[Leviticus`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Book_of_Leviticus]`_`f 27:32–33

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f `*`F33f`_`[Sifre`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sifre]`_`f`*, Deuteronomy 105; Mishnah Trumot 1:5; Rosh Hashana 8a, 12b

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f Mishnah `*Rosh Hashanah`* 1:1

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f `:citerefmaimonides`a`F33f`_`[Maimonides`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Maimonides]`_`f. "Mishneh Torah, Sefer Korbanot: Bechorot, Perek 6, Halacha 2". Retrieved July 14, 2013.

One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the `F33f`_`[public domain`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Public_domain]`_`f: `:citerefj-m-sel-w-b-m-sel-1901-1906`aJ. M. Sel.; W. B. M. Sel. (1901–1906). "TITHE". In `F33f`_`[Singer, Isidore`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Isidore_Singer]`_`f; et al. (eds.). `*`F33f`_`[The Jewish Encyclopedia`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Jewish_Encyclopedia]`_`f`*. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved June 10, 2013.

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