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Poor man's tithe
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<p>The poor man's tithe (<a href="/facts/Hebrew/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a>: מַעְשַׂר עָנִי <i>ma'sar ani</i>), also referred to as the pauper's tithe or the third tithe, is a triennial tithe of one's produce, required in <a href="/facts/Judaism/tjQ5Tgs6">Jewish law</a>. It requires that one tenth of produce grown in the third and sixth years of the seven-year <a href="/facts/Sabbatical_year_(Bible)/L7JvTMXL">sabbatical</a> cycle be given to the <a href="/facts/Levites/QPw4BCWm">Levites</a> and the poor. </p><p>The law applies during the days of the <a href="/facts/Temple_in_Jerusalem/WHsJ2e2Y">Temple in Jerusalem</a>, and after the Temple's destruction. It applies only to crops that are harvested in the <a href="/facts/Land_of_Israel/gK0v6GEo">Land of Israel</a>, but during the <a href="/facts/Shmita/L7JvTMXL">Seventh Year</a>, also applies to crops harvested in Jordan and Egypt, so that the poor of Israel would be supported in the Seventh Year. </p>