Deuteronomy 14:22-23

דברים יד:כב

עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר אֵת כָּל תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶךָ הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה שָׁנָה שָׁנָה וְאָכַלְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ

Every year set aside one-tenth of all that you yield from your field, and eat it before Adonai your God.
[translation by AJWS]

1. What is the purpose of this tithe?
2. How does the obligation to tithe challenge our conception of property rights?

Time Period:	Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)
Type:	Legal Text
Categories:	Tzedakah, Tikkun Olam, Law & Business Ethics, Ethical Consumption
Keywords:	Tzedakah, produce, Land ownership, Land, charity
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