Demai
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("produce suspected of not having been tithed"). Third tractate of Order Zera'Im in the Mishnah. Its seven chapters deal with the requirement of tithing produce bought from an am ha-arets (common unlearned man), because it was assumed he had not tithed properly. The law against eating Demai is lenient in certain cases, most notably in permitting the suspect food to the poor or to Jewish soldiers. The subject matter is amplified in the Jerusalem Talmud and in the Tosefta.
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Demai (Hebrew: דמאי) is the third tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. There is some debate as to the literal meaning and origin of the word. It is concerned mainly with laws related to produce where it is suspected that ma'aser rishon (the first tithe for the Levi), terumat ma'aser and ma'aser sheini (the second tithe) or ma'aser ani (the tithe for the poor), depending on the year of the Shemittah cycle, have not been properly separated in accordance with Num. 18:24-28. It consists of seven chapters and has a Gemara from only the Jerusalem Talmud.
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