English of Core Text: “And he gave him a tenth” — see what is written in Devarim, parashat Re’eh, on the verse “You shall surely tithe.”
On the daf / in context: Avraham’s gift of a tenth to Malki-Tzedek is the earliest narrative instance of ma’aser and is linked by TT to the later legal development of the tithe.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
The first explicit tithe in the Torah is Avraham’s gift after the victory.