Hello *Chevra* and welcome back to our pre-*Pesach* *Mishnayos* learning series where we are learning *Mishnayos* related to the period of time between *Purim* and *Pesach*. We are in middle of *Erev Pesach*. We are learning that *Erev Pesach* is a busy day, lots to do, and we said in yesterday's Mishnah that you have to stop plowing your field on that day. And then this Mishnah, the Mishnah we are going to learn today, is also related to agricultural, but also, but more important to certain *Halachot* that are related to it. So a brief background from a *Halachic* perspective, there are two parts to the agricultural cycle. First is what the years that you grow your, like we said yesterday in *Mesechta Shevi'is*, that you're allowed to plant and plow your fields for six years, on the seventh year is *Shmitah*. During the time that you are planting your field, those six years, you have certain *Mitzvos* related to who you have to give some of the produce, things that are produced in your fields, who do you have to give it to? There is *Leket*, *Shikcha* and *Pe'ah* that the *Aniyim* can take. But and then once and then there's *Bikkurim*, the first fruits that are grown, the ripe fruits that you bring to the *Beit HaMikdash*, give to the *Kohen*. And then there's generally there is the idea you give *Terumah*, the you have to give one fiftieth, two percent of what you grow to the *Kohanim*. You then give *Ma'aser Rishon*. *Ma'aser Rishon* is you give a tenth of what you produce to the *Levi'im*. And then the *Levi* gives a piece of that to the *Kohen* as *Terumat Ma'aser*. And then, depending on the year, there is a second *Ma'aser* that you have to give. So like we said, there's six years of growing. So the first, second, fourth and fifth year, after *Ma'aser Rishon*, you give what's called *Ma'aser Sheni*. There's another tenth that you take and you bring those produce up to Jerusalem and you eat it in Jerusalem. If it's too much to carry, you can you can redeem it onto money and bring the money to Jerusalem and use it there. And then in the third and sixth year of the cycle, there's the second *Ma'aser* is not *Ma'aser Sheni* but it's called *Ma'aser Ani* where you give a tenth to the poor people as well. And so there's a constant need to be giving to others or taking stuff up to the *Beit HaMikdash*. So our Mishnah, and then there's a separate *Mitzvah* that is called *Bi'ur Ma'aser* that as we'll see in our Mishnah, on the *Pesach* of the fourth year of the cycle and the seventh year of the cycle, you need to get rid of any *Ma'aser* that you still have. Let's say you were storing some of the *Ma'aser*, *Terumah*, whatever, in your in your storage houses, you have to get rid of it. And then at the end of *Pesach*, as we'll we'll see, which we won't talk about in our Mishnah, but we'll discuss, is that you have to do *Vidui Ma'aser*, which is that you you do a *Vidui*, you you say out loud that you gave away all of your *Ma'aser* that you needed to do. So the question is though, when did *Bi'ur Ma'aser* take place? When did this idea of getting rid of the *Ma'aser*, making sure you distribute it to the right people, take place? So you'll see our Mishnah, which is פרק ה משנה ו in *Mesechet Ma'aser Sheni* says, and it begins, let's see the words, ערב יום טוב הראשון של פסח של רביעית ושל שביעית. *Erev Pesach* of the fourth year of the cycle and the seventh year of the cycle, *haya bi'ur*. Was the time that you had to do *Bi'ur*. *Bi'ur* doesn't necessarily mean get destroying it. *Bi'ur* normally like we do *Bi'ur chametz* where we destroy, here at least, we're not destroying, although, you know, when it comes to *Shmitah* produce, sometimes you destroy it, but here we're not saying destroy, but it means to get rid of and give to the right people. The *Sifrei* learns that it didn't take place *Erev Pesach*, but it took place on *Erev* the last days of *Pesach*, but our Mishnah says specifically *Erev Pesach*. So the Mishnah continues, *Keitzad haya bi'ur?* How did they go about doing this *Bi'ur*, getting rid of it? So נותנים תרומה ותרומת מעשר לבעליהם. You give *Terumah*, which belongs to the *Kohen*, and *Terumat Ma'aser*, the *Levi* takes his *Terumat Ma'aser*, you give it to its owners, meaning to the *Kohanim*. *u'ma'aser rishon l'ba'alav*. What about *Ma'aser Rishon*? You give it to its owners, which is the *Levi*. *u'ma'aser ani l'ba'alav*. What about the *Ma'aser Ani*? You give it to the poor people. They're the owners of *Ma'aser Ani*. ומעשר שני והבכורים מתבערים בכל מקום. But when it comes to *Ma'aser Sheni*, which normally you bring to the *Beit HaMikdash*, and *Bikkurim*, which you normally bring up to, I'm sorry, *Ma'aser Sheni* to Jerusalem, and *Bikkurim* to the *Beit HaMikdash*, what you do is here that if you're not going to make it up to Jerusalem by that time, then what you do is you actually have to destroy it in its wherever you are. Wherever you are. *Rebbi Shimon* argues, and *Rebbi Shimon* says when it comes to *Bikkurim*, הבכורים ניתנים לכהנים כתרומה. That he says no, you don't have to destroy it, but rather just give it to the *Kohanim* wherever they are, meaning even if you didn't make it up to Jerusalem with it, you're able to go and give it to the *Kohanim* wherever you are. All right, the Mishnah concludes with another type of *Bi'ur*, which is *HaTavshil*, a your cooking food. Let's say you made fruit stew, fruit compote or something and you have that, *Beit Shammai* says you still have to do *Bi'ur* on it and whatever wherever it may go. meaning if it belongs to terumah, kohanim, ma'aser sheini, wherever it is you have to do whatever you would normally do for biur. ובית הלל אומרים הרי הוא כמבוער. That once it's already cooked into a tavshil, into a, into some type of stew or something, it's as if it's been destroyed, meaning you don't need to do anything more. And the reason behind Beis Hillel is because it's as if it's almost, it's almost destroyed anyway because it's not going to last all that long. So as you can see, Erev Pesach, again, is a time period that is very busy and one of the things you need to worry about is your biur ma'aser. And with that, I wish you continued