Commandment Profile:

-151) Not to eat the 2nd tithe while in mourning
Application to gentiles: Possibly required Mandated punishment for violation: Unknown Brief description: A Jew is forbidden to eat the second tithe of his crop while he is in mourning for a deceased relative. A gentile who chooses to set aside a second tithe from his own crop grown in Israel (see commandment +128) might thereby become obligated to follow this rule as well, although further research is needed on this issue. Category: Uncertain Commandments Biblical source(s) (Rambam): Deut. 26:14; Lev. 10:19 Biblical source (Sefer HaChinuch): Deut. 26:14 Number in Sefer HaChinuch: 608 Sources explaining relevance to gentiles: (See bibliography) Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Terumos 4:15 Gentile terumah (from eretz yisroel only) is terumah by rabbinical decree, given either to cohanim or genizah depending on his intentions. Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Maaser Sheni 1:12 Those whose terumah is terumah are also able to separate both types of maaser sheni (thus gentiles, rabbinically). Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Maaser Sheni 10:10 Neta reva’i of a gentile is optional but holy, and treated like that of a Jew (by Torah, because his tree is obligated). Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Maaser Sheni 9:1-2 The laws of neta reva’i and maaser sheni are identical with respect to eating and redeeming. Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Melachim 10:10 A gentile who voluntarily follows an additional Jewish mitzvah must do so according to its halachah (thus including this rule on eating maaser sheni in mourning?). Lubavitcher Rebbe, Hisvaaduyos 5746, v. 4, pp. 254-255 Gentiles are morally obligated, by hechreiach hadaas, to follow Jewish rules of aveilos.