Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 82:13

ולר' שמעון דפטר דתנן תרומת עובד כוכבים מדמעת וחייבין עליה חומש ור"ש פוטר אתם גם אתם למה לי

for we learnt: A heathen's terumah creates a [forbidden] mixture,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if it falls into a quantity of hullin less than a hundred times as much as itself, and cannot be separated, the whole ranks as terumah, and is forbidden to an Israelite.');"><sup>25</sup></span> and one is liable to an [additional] fifth on its account.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If an Israelite eats terumah unwittingly, he must make restoration of the principal plus a fifth; Lev. XXII, 14.');"><sup>26</sup></span> But R'Simeon exempts [it]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the terumah separated by a Gentile on his crops from the law of terumah, i.e., he does not regard it as terumah at all.');"><sup>27</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

R. Shimon rules that if a non-Jew separates terumah, it does not count as terumah. His opinion is found in a mishnah about forbidden mixtures. If a non-Jew cannot separate terumah, then why do we need a verse to teach us that he cannot serve as an agent? The non-Jew would be the same as the slave—anyone who cannot perform the action himself cannot be an agent for others.
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