Commentary for Kiddushin 92:4
מתיב רבינא המפריש חלתו קמח אינו חלה וגזל ביד כהן ואמאי גזל ביד כהן נימא אדם יודע שאין מפרישים חלה קמח ונתן לשם מתנה
and is robbery in the priest's hand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he does return it.');"><sup>5</sup></span> Now why is it robbery in the priest's hand? Let us say that a man knows that hallah is not separated from flour, and therefore he resolved and gave it as a gift? - There it is different, as it may result in wrong.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'desolation'.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Hallah, a portion of one’s dough given to a priest, is supposed to be separated from the dough and not from flour. If one separates it as flour, it is not hallah and if he gives it to the priest, the priest must return it. We do not assume that the man knew that he should not separate dough from flour and that he gave it as a gift to the priest. This is a difficulty on Shmuel who said that we do make such an assumption when it comes to kiddushin.
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