Negative Commandment 150 (Digest)
Eating the Second Tithe while Ritually Impure
"Neither have I consumed of it while impure"—Deuteronomy 26:14.
It is forbidden to consume of the Second Tithe while ritually impure – even in Jerusalem – until the produce is "redeemed" [i.e., it is exchanged for money or other, pure, produce].
This prohibition applies whether the individual eating is impure or if the produce itself is impure.
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> The 150th prohibition is that we are forbidden to consume ma'aser sheni in a state of tumah — even in Jerusalem — unless it has been redeemed. This corresponds to the general principle that ma'aser sheni which has become tameh must be redeemed, even in Jerusalem, as explained in tractate Makos.;)
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> The source of this prohibition is the verse,;) "I have not consumed in a state of tumah." The Oral Tradition;) explains [the phrase "in a state of tumah"] — "either when I was tameh and it was tahor, or when I was tahor and it was tameh."
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> In Gemara Makos it is also explained that ma'aser and bikurim may not be eaten in a state of tumah; and that one who does so is punished by lashes. As mentioned above, lashes are given only when this ma'aser is eaten in a state of tumah, in Jerusalem and was not redeemed.
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> Makos ibid.
Negative Commandment 151 (Digest)
An "Onen" Eating from the Second Tithe
"I have not eaten of it while an onen"—Deuteronomy 26:14.
An onen[the next of kin of a deceased, in the period before the deceased's burial] may not eat from the Second Tithe—or from any sacrificial offerings.
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> The 151st prohibition is that we are forbidden from eating ma'aser sheni when in a state of aninus [mourning].;)
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> The source of this prohibition is G‑d's statement,;) "I have not consumed it while I was in aninus."
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> In the words of the Mishneh,;) "Ma'aser and bikurim must be brought to Jerusalem; require a verbal declaration;;) and are forbidden to an onein."
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> This verse also prohibits an onein from consuming sacrificial offerings, as written in the Torah,;) "After such a thing happened to me; if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been right in G‑d's eyes?"
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> The details of this mitzvah are explained in the 8th chapter of Pesachim and the 2nd chapter of Zevachim.
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> An onein who eats sacrificial offerings or ma'aser sheni is punished by lashes.
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> A person is in a state of aninus on the day when a close relative dies.
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> Deut. ibid.
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> Bikurim 2:2.
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> Lev. 10:19.