Commentary for Bekhorot 120:31
זה הכלל כל זמן שלא נעקר שם עשירי הימנו אין אחד עשר מקודש
Said R'Ashi to R'Kahana: But the name of the tenth has not been eliminated therefrom, and we have learnt: THE FOLLOWING IS THE RULE: WHEREVER THE NAME OF THE TENTH HAS NOT BEEN ELIMINATED THEREFROM THE ELEVENTH IS NOT CONSECRATED?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., where he called the tenth the tenth. Therefore how can the eleventh be holy here, since he called the tenth the tenth?');"><sup>25</sup></span>
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