Terumah
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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
    The tithe offering is a rabbinical Hebrew term based on the commandment in the Hebrew Bible to give a tithe maaser of 10% to the Levites. The first term, terumah, means offering...

    - a tithing obligation arising from the Terumah sacrifice still regarded as obligatory by Orthodox Judaism on produce
  • Terumot
    Terumot
    Terumot is the sixth tractate of Seder 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...

    - 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 Jewish 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.
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