Commentary for Menachot 108:9

אלא הכא בתרומה גדולה עסקינן ורישא בעין יפה וסיפא בעין יפה היא

- We are dealing here with the 'great terumah',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first levy of the produce of the field given to the priest. V. Glos.');">¹⁴</span> and the first clause as well as the second deals with the case of a man that is liberal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'with a kindly eye'. A generous owner would give one-fortieth, one less generous one-fiftieth, and a mean person one-sixtieth of his produce as terumah. The clauses of the Baraitha apply to a generous owner, accordingly the objection that too much is given cannot stand.');">¹⁵</span> If so, read the final clause: R'Eleazar son of R'Jose said, My father used to take ten pressed figs from the cake in respect of the ninety [fresh figs] in the basket.

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