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The First Is Not Yours

Almost everything in this treatise is bound to a Temple we are still waiting to rebuild. Then the Rambam turns to the dinner table, the wool on the sheep, and the child in the crib, and lays the same claim on each: the first is not yours.

First Fruits 9-11Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The First Is Not Yours

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Three gifts on the pillars of ordinary life - the meat you eat, the wool you wear, the firstborn you raise - teach that the first of everything belongs to G-d and is received back as a gift.

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