3,584. Who Recites the Tithe Confession

Hilchos Maaser Sheini and Neta Revai 11:16

Continuing our quotes from Deuteronomy chapter 36, the Torah says: “Look down from Your holy abode, from Heaven... as You swore to our fathers: a land flowing with milk and honey.” This is a request that Hashem bless our produce with flavor.

Hilchos Maaser Sheini and Neta Revai 11:17

Yisroelim and mamzerim (the offspring of adulterous or incestuous relationships) recite the tithe confession but converts and freed servants don’t. This is because the latter don’t have ancestral land in Israel and the confession refers to “the land that You gave us.” Kohanim and Leviim recite the confession even though they didn’t receive a share in the land because they were given cities to live in.