Pisqa’ 108290H:155-156; JN1:276. 1. “Now, the Levite within your gates—do not abandon him, for he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt.14:27). Anywhere you find [reference to] the Levite (e.g., Dt.12:18),291See also Dt.12:12, 14:27, 14:29 and Pisqa’ot 69.1, 74.2. the instruction is: give him his portion [i.e., the First-tithe]. If he can’t survive on his portion, then sustain him from the Pauper’s-tithe. If he can’t survive on the Pauper’s-tithe, then sustain him from Communion-offerings. And if he can’t survive on Communion-offerings, then sustain him from alms.
(דברים יד כז) וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ, כָּל מָקוֹם אַתָּה מוֹצֵא לֵוִי הַזֶּה לוֹמַר: תֵּן לוֹ מֵחֶלְקוֹ! אֵין לוֹ חֶלְקוֹ – תֵּן לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי! אֵין לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי – תֵּן לוֹ שְׁלָמִים! אֵין לוֹ שְׁלָמִים – פַּרְנְסֵהוּ מִן הַצְּדָקָה!
Pisqa’ 108290H:155-156; JN1:276.
1. “Now, the Levite within your gates—do not abandon him,
for he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt.14:27). Anywhere you find [reference to] the Levite (e.g., Dt.12:18),291See also Dt.12:12, 14:27, 14:29 and Pisqa’ot 69.1, 74.2.
the instruction is:
give him his portion [i.e., the First-tithe].
If he can’t survive on his portion,
then sustain him from the Pauper’s-tithe.
If he can’t survive on the Pauper’s-tithe,
then sustain him from Communion-offerings.
And if he can’t survive on Communion-offerings,
then sustain him from alms.
כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ, לְהַגִּיד מֶה גָּרַם.
“For he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt.14:27)—
this explains the source [of levitical privilege]