Commentary for Eruvin 64:1

סבר אותו חבר אוכל ואינו צריך לעשר דודאי עישורי מעשר ההוא חבר קמא עילויה ורבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר לא יאכל עד שיעשר לפי שלא נחשדו חברים לתרום שלא מן המוקף ואמר ליה רבי מוטב שיחשדו חברים לתרום שלא מן המוקף ואל יאכילו עמי הארץ טבלים

is of the opinion that that Fellow may eat [the fruit] and need not tithe it because it is certain that the firs Fellow had duly given the tithe for it, while R'Simeon B'Gamaliel ruled that he must not eat [the fruit] before he tithed it because Fellows are not suspected of giving terumah from [produce] that is not in close proximity [to that for which it is given]. Thereupon Rabbi said to him, 'It is preferable that Fellows should be suspected of giving terumah from [produce] that is not in close proximity [with that for which it is given] than that they should give amme ha-arez to eat all sorts of tebel'. On what principle do they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbi and his father.');">¹</span> differ? - Rabbi holds that a Fellow is satisfied to commit a minor ritual offence<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Giving the dues from produce that is not in close proximity with that for which it is given.');">²</span>

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