מַעֲשֵׂר

מַעֲשֵׂרm. (b. h.; denom. of עֶשֶׂר) tithe.תרומת מ׳ the tithe of the tithe which the Levite owes to the priest (Num. 18:26); מ׳ or מ׳ ראשון the first tithe belonging to the Levite; מ׳ שני the second tithe to be consumed by the owner in Jerusalem (Deut. 14:22, sq.); מ׳ עני the poor mans tithe, every third year (ib. 26:12). Maas. Sh. V, 6; a. v. fr.Pl. (מַעְשְׂרוֹת) מַעַשְׂרוֹת. Maasr. I, 1 חייב במ׳ is subject to tithes; a. v. fr.Maʿasroth, Maʿăser Sheni, respective names of two treatises of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraim.