Commentary for Avodah Zarah 82:11
והא הכא דודאי טבילי ספק עשרינהו ספק לא עשרינהו וקאתי ספק ומוציא מידי ודאי
Now here it is certain [that the produce was once] untithed and there is a doubt whether he had tithed them or not; yet the doubt does set aside the certainty!
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud rejects the proof in two ways. First of all, there is an assumption that the haver always tithes right away. So this might not be a case of “doubt” at all.
Second, if one brings his produce into the store room with its chaff, animals may eat it without tithing. So the produce might not have been liable for tithing at all. This is not “doubt setting aside a certainty” but “doubt setting aside another doubt.
Second, if one brings his produce into the store room with its chaff, animals may eat it without tithing. So the produce might not have been liable for tithing at all. This is not “doubt setting aside a certainty” but “doubt setting aside another doubt.
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