Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 101:3

והרי מעשר בהמה דליכא לחצאין וליכא בזה אחר זה ואמר רבא יצאו שנים בעשירי וקראן עשירי עשירי ואחד עשר מעורבים זה בזה

and also impossible consecutively;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After declaring the tenth tithe, the eleventh cannot be declared likewise.');"><sup>5</sup></span> yet Rabbah said: If two [animals] came forth at the tenth, and he [their owner] proclaimed them both as 'tenth', the tenth and the eleventh are intermingled!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One is actual tithe, and the other is treated as a peace-offering, though it is not known which is which. Yet why so? If he declares the tenth tithe and then the eleventh too, the second declaration is invalid. Why then is his simultaneous declaration valid?');"><sup>6</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

Abaye now cites the example of cattle tithes. The cattle tithe is performed by letting animals out of a pen, counting them, and every tenth becoming the tithe. If two come out at the same time and the owner calls both “tenth” then one is the tithe and one is not but we do not know which is which. But animals cannot be partially tithed. Yet nevertheless, although one cannot call both the tenth and the eleventh animal tithe consecutively, when one calls them both tenth at the same time, the statement takes effect.
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