Persepuluhan pertama

Persepuluhan pertama (Ibrani: ma'aser rishon מעשר ראשון) adalah sebuah perintah positif dalam Taurat yang mewajibkan pemberian sepersepuluh hasil pertanian untuk amal, setelah memberikan terumah, kepada orang-orang Lewi (atau Kohen). Persepuluhan tersebut diwajibkan bebas dari kompensasi moneter dan jasa.

Pada awalnya, pada zaman Bait Allah Pertama, persepuluhan tersebut diberikan kepada orang-orang Lewi. Diperkirakan pada permulaan pembangunan Bait Allah Kedua, Ezra dan Beth din-nya menerapkan pemberiannya kepada kohanim.^[1]^[2] Namun, aturan tersebut ditiadakan usai penghancuran Bait Allah Kedua. Sejak itu, perpsepuluhan sempat diberikan lagi kepada orang-orang Lewi.^[3]

Referensi

^ The Talmud Adin Steinsaltz 1992 "Yet if a priest has first tithe in his possession, he need not give it to a Levite. Ezra penalized the Levites of his generation because they did not return to Eretz Israel with him, and he decreed that first tithe should be given to ..."
^ Restoration: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian perspectives p329 James M. Scott - 2001 "One says that the Levites were punished because they did not come up to the Land of Israel during Ezra's days. The other says that the first tithe was given to the priests, so that they would have food when they were in a state of ..."
^ Laws of Ma'aser Rishon