1. (jewish) 1st fruit - why?
In Vayikra, in parshas Kadoshim it says, "When you plant a food tree you shall treat it's fruit as orlah*," literally "cut off". ... For the first three years of a fruit tree's life you do not take of its produce, and even in the fourth year you may not eat it any where you would like; you must take it all the way to Yerushaliam and eat it. ... "A Jew is sustained by Hashem, who gives him his livelihood. ... When a Jew recognizes what Hashem gives him on a daily basis, and praises Him for it, he gives Hashem a livelihood!" ...
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