Commentary for Sanhedrin 224:8

אמר רבינא לעולם בבעלי מומין ומי שנאכל בתורת בהמתך יצאו אלו שאין נאכלין בתורת בהמתך אלא בתורת בכור ומעשר דשלל שמים נינהו

but that which is offered up if unblemished, but not redeemed when blemished, e.g., the firstling and the tithe, is excluded by 'and the cattle thereof'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Even if unblemished, they are not considered as 'spoil of Heaven', which is not in agreement with Rabina.] ');">¹⁵</span> THE TERUMOTH MUST BE ALLOWED TO ROT. R. Hisda said: This applies only to <i>terumah</i> in the hands of an Israelite;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., before it was given to the priest. Since it does not belong to the Israelite, and he might have given it to the priest of some other town, it is regarded as property merely entrusted to an inhabitant of this town, and therefore not destroyed. On the other hand, since he may have intended to give it to a priest of the same town, it may not be eaten. Hence it is left to rot. ');">¹⁶</span>

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