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Terumah
 
  Terumah is a Hebrew word, originally meaning lifted apart, but meaning donation in modern Hebrew. It can refer to:
  • Heave offerings - a type of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible
  • Terumat hamaaser
    Terumat hamaaser

    Terumat HaMaaser, which along with Teruma Gedola was known in the Talmud simply as Terumah, refers to a tithe on produce grown in the Land of Israel of a tenth of a tenth , that was given to and could be eaten by Kohen in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem....
     - a tithing obligation arising from the Terumah sacrifice still regarded as obligatory by Orthodox Judaism on produce grown in the Land of Israel
  • Terumot
    Terumot

    Terumot is the sixth tractate of Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It discusses two type of donations, one the terumah which is generally 1/50 of your crop given to the Kohen and 10% of the Masser that is given to Levite is given to the Kohen, called "Terumat Masser." The laws of Terumah are still applicable to produce gr...
     - plural of Terumah, and a section of the Mishnah concerning tithing obligations.
  • Terumah (parsha)
    Terumah (parsha)

    Terumah or Trumah is the nineteenth weekly Torah portion in the annual Judaism cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book of Exodus....
     - the nineteenth weekly portion of the Torah. It primarily contains the instructions on how to create the Tabernacle.