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Tevel (Untithed Produce)
Produce from which terumah and tithes have not yet been separated, forbidden to eat and punishable by death at the hands of Heaven (misah bidei shamayim); the very object the entire tithing system addresses, yet uncatalogued.
Tevel is produce that hasn't yet had its required gifts removed — the priestly portion (terumah) and the tithes the Torah commands a farmer to set aside. Until that's done, the food is forbidden to eat, and eating it is punishable by death at the hands of Heaven (misah bidei shamayim). Tevel is, in a sense, the starting point of the whole tithing system: every other agricultural gift exists to turn tevel into food you're allowed to eat.
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