How practically did large farmers manage presenting their bikkurim?

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The minimum shiur for bikkurim miderabbonon is one-sixtieth - see the answer to this question.

One sixtieth of the harvest for a farmer of a sizable farm would be difficult to fit into even seven baskets - one for each of the seven species.

similar http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/2617/759 – Double AA Sep 12 '14 at 14:45 — Double AA, Sep 12 '14 at 14:45

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '14 at 09:51

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My Rov suggested that the requirement to present bikkurim in a basket in biblical. According to the Torah there is no minimum shiur for bikkurim. So even the owner of a large farm can manage with one or more baskets (up to seven).

The shiur of 1/60 th is rabbinic and maybe the excess over the Torah shiur doesn't need a basket etc.

answered Sep 14 '14 at 09:51

Avrohom Yitzchok

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Any sources for this? – Danny Schoemann Sep 14 '14 at 14:08
I see no indication of such a distinction in the Rambam – Double AA Sep 14 '14 at 15:21
No sources and yes I don't see it in the Rambam. Feel free to post your own answers. – Avrohom Yitzchok Sep 14 '14 at 15:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '22 at 02:40

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In derech emuna reb chaim k asks this and says that 1/60 is not based on time of harvest but rather on the time when he saw fruit in early bloom as it says in the mishnah

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How practically did large farmers manage presenting their bikkurim?

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