Commentary for Gittin 55:18

רבא אמר

If a man buys wine from the Cutheans, he can say, Two logs which I intend to set aside are to be reckoned as <i>terumah</i> [on a hundred], ten logs as first tithe, and nine logs as second tithe, and then begin to drink at once. This is the view of R. Meir. R. Judah, R. Jose and R. Simeon forbid him to do this.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because they take into account the chance of the skin bursting, whereas R. Meir does not. ');">¹⁷</span> Raba said:

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