245) The twelfth commandment is to bring the first fruit of the tree, as it is written, \u201cAnd every tree which has fruit yielding seed.\u201d Everything that befits Me is forbidden for you to eat. He permitted to them and gave them all of His tithing and the first fruit of the tree, as it is written, \u201cI have given unto you,\u201d to you and not to the generations following you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This relates to the verse in which He ends the eleventh commandment, where it is written, \u201cAll the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s.\u201d He says that here it writes, \u201cAnd every tree which has fruit yielding seed.\u201d As it is the first fruit there, it is the first fruit here. And He says, \u201cEverything that befits Me is forbidden for you to eat,\u201d meaning not specifically the tithing, but the first fruit as well, from the verse \u201c…of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s.\u201d \u201cThe Lord\u2019s\u201d means everything that befits Me, including the first fruit of the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, this verse \u201cAnd every tree which has fruit yielding seed\u201d engages in the first fruit, too. This is why it was said that He permitted to them and gave them all of His tithing and the first fruit of the trees, since the writings relate only to the tithing and the first fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do not be surprised by the words \u201cOf the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s,\u201d being said about the eleventh commandment and not this commandment. Indeed, The Zohar<\/em> mixes them right at the beginning of the eleventh commandment, for it says, \u201cThere are two commandments here.\u201d The printer, however, divided them into two. It follows that he cut them in the middle and left the verse about the first fruit in the eleventh commandment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And another precision: The text concerns the tithing and the first fruit because of the words \u201cI have given you,\u201d meaning not to the generations following you, that is, only you have I given to eat, and not to the generations after you. Hence, it cannot be said that the writing speaks merely of the yield of the land, which we, too, are permitted to eat. Rather, it speaks only of the yield of the land that we are forbidden to eat, which is necessarily the tithing and the first fruit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 245) The twelfth commandment is to bring the first fruit of the tree, as it is written, \u201cAnd every tree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":7520,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-11751","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n