Likkutei Sichot, Vol. 5: לך לך (ב)

Two Forms of Tithing In recounting the mitzvos that existed prior to the giving of the Torah, the Rambam writes:Hilchos Melachim beginning of ch. 9. “Yitzchak gave ma’aser , [Yitzchak tithed.]” But there is an explicit verse in Lech Lecha that states:Bere...

In the Torah portion Toldos we readBereishis 26:12. that “Yitzchak sowed that land, and reaped that year a hundredfold.” The Midrash notesBereishis Rabbah 64:6. that Yitzchak measured the yield in order to tithe his crops. In Pirkei d’Rebbe Eliezer ,Begin...