Commentary for Gittin 122:13

ואכתי לעלמא לא חיישינן והתניא אשת חבר טוחנת עם אשת עם הארץ בזמן שהיא טמאה אבל לא בזמן שהיא טהורה ר"ש בן אלעזר אומר אף בזמן שהיא טמאה לא תטחון מפני שחברתה

[as follows]; [You have just said], It is presumed to have remained in its original condition as regards tithe and Sabbatical year, that is to say, we have no fear of its having been changed. This seems to contradict the following: If a man [a haber] gives produce to his mother-in-law [the wife of an 'am ha-arez],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To prepare a dish for him. ');">¹³</span> he tithes what he gives to her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that she should not through him eat something untithed. ');">¹⁴</span> and what he takes back from her, because she is suspected of changing anything that becomes spoilt?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Demai III, 6. ');">¹⁵</span> — There the reason is as was stated: 'R. Judah said; She is anxious for the well-being of her daughter and she is ashamed for her son-in-law.' But in general are we not afraid [of food being changed]? Have we not learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This is no Mishnah, and preference is to be given to [H] in MS.M.] ');">¹⁶</span> 'If a student gives produce to the mistress of his boarding house, he tithes what he gives to her and what he takes back from her, because she is likely to change it'? — There she finds an excuse for herself, saying. Let the student eat hot and I will eat cold.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Al. 'Is the student to eat hot and I cold?' V. Tosaf. ');">¹⁷</span> And still we ask, in general are we not afraid? Has it not been taught: 'The wife of a haber can grind along with the wife of an 'am ha-arez, when she is ritually unclean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because she is not likely to put anything in her mouth. ');">¹⁸</span> but not when she is ritually clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because being clean she might inadvertently put untithed food in her mouth. ');">¹⁹</span> R. Simeon b. Eleazar says; Even when she is ritually unclean she should not grind with her, because the other

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