The Tither Who Sold Water for Three Times the Price of Wheat

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Re'eh 9:5

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Rabbi Levi said: There is a story about one who took out his tithes properly, and he had a certain field. And the Holy One, blessed be He, put it into his heart, so that he made half of it sown with crop and half of it a reservoir for water. And a year of drought came, and he was selling a se'ah of wheat for a sela and a se'ah of water for three selas. What caused this for him? Because he took out his tithes properly. Therefore Moses was warning Israel (Deuteronomy 14:22): "You shall surely tithe."

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