Commentary for Shabbat 44:1
מעשר שני אין שוקלין כנגדו דנרי זהב ואפילו לחלל עליו מעשר שני אחר אי אמרת בשלמא כי פליגי רב ושמואל מנר לנר אבל בקינסא אסר שמואל הא לא תהוי תיובתא אלא אי אמרת בקינסא נמי שרי הא תהוי תיובתא אמר רבה גזירה שמא לא יכוין משקלותיו וקא מפיק להו לחולין
second tithe,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The tenth of the produce which was eaten by its owner in Jerusalem. When the actual produce could not be carried, it was redeemed, and the redemption money assumed the sanctity of second tithe and was expended in Jerusalem, v. Deut. XIV, 22-26. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> one may not weigh by it gold <i>denarii</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One sela' = four denarii, and the value depended on the weight. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Rashi on Shabbat
Second tithe: Dinar-coins through which he redeemed second tithe may not be weighed against mundane dinar-coins (as a counter-weight) to see that they are undiminished (that their weight is a complete measure).
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Rashi on Shabbat
Granted, if you say [that] when Rav and Shmuel disagree, it is from lamp to lamp in actuality and not with a wood chip, and it is about this that Shmuel permits, since he is not concerned that he weakens it; but with a wood chip, he concedes. Then this is no refutation. For the body of these dinar-coins of the mundane are not [of] a commandment. And even though they are needed for a commandment, they are similar to the wood chip. However if you say Shmuel also permits [it] with a wood chip - since it is [for] the need of a commandment - then it is a refutation. For [the Tosefta] forbade to weigh [the coins], even though it was for the need of a commandment.
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Rashi on Shabbat
His weights not be precisely equal: Lest he not find them to be good; or he find them to [weigh] more, and spare them and not redeem the tithe upon them. So it comes out that he showed contempt towards the tithe without a need.
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Rashi on Shabbat
And render them unsanctified: Meaning to say, he will leave them unsanctified, as they are.
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