Commentary for Pesachim 75:13

דתנן הלקוח בכסף מעשר שני שנטמא יפדה ר' יהודה אומר יקבר

but with hallah, which if defiled, is not permitted in [all] the 'habitations' and is consigned to the fire,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hallah is like terumah. Now when the hallah of second tithe is clean it must be eaten in Jerusalem, like all second tithe, while if it is defiled it may not be eaten at all, like all unclean terumah. Thus it can never be eaten without Jerusalem.');">¹⁴</span> he cannot discharge his obligation: or perhaps we say, since if he had not designated it with the name [of hallah] and it became defiled, it would be permitted in [all] the 'habitations', and he could discharge [his obligation therewith], then now too he can discharge [his obligation with it]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the mere fact that it is hallah is no drawback, as stated in the Mishnah supra 36a, while its being second tithe is not a drawback either, on R. Akiba's view. Why then should it be unfit if it is hallah of second tithe?');">¹⁵</span>

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