Commentary for Gittin 107:14

תא שמע המעשר בשבת בשוגג יאכל במזיד לא יאכל הכי השתא התם גברא לתקוני קא מיכוין אנן ליקום וליקנסיה

If he ate clean <i>terumah</i> he repays clean non-sacred food. If he repaid unclean non-sacred food, what is the law? Symmachus said in the name of R. Meir that if [he repaid] without knowing, this is accounted a full restitution, but if deliberately it is not accounted a full restitution, whereas the Sages say that in either case it is full restitution, but he has still to pay him clean non-sacred food.' On this R. Aha son of R. Ika said that [R. Meir and the Sages] differ here on the question whether the innocent [act should be penalised on account of the presumptuous, R. Meir holding that the innocent act is not penalised on account of the presumptuous one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore if he repaid without knowing that it was unclean he is not penalised by having to pay again. ');">¹³</span>

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