Commentary for Menachot 202:19
והא לן לפני זריקה דמצוה למיזרקיה ואי בעי זרק וקתני דאין מטמא טומאת אוכלין
How is it that there was no time when it had been permitted? - Where [the grain] had been consecrated [for a meal-offering] while it was still growing. But one could have redeemed it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Accordingly there would have been a time when it was permitted for food.');"><sup>28</sup></span>
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