Commentary for Nedarim 123:1

תנא הוקפלו רוב המקצועות מותרות משום גזל ופטורות מן המעשרות

A Tanna taught: If most of the knives have been put away, they [the remaining figs] are permitted [to strangers] as far as theft is concerned, and are exempt from tithes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because once the knives are put away, the owner has, in effect, shewn that the remaining figs are unwanted by him and free to all, i.e., hefker, from which there are no priestly dues; cf. p. 139, n. 2. ');">¹</span> Rabbi and R. Jose son of K. Judah came to a certain place when most of the knives had been folded. Rabbi ate;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the figs left on the fields. ');">²</span>

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