Commentary for Shabbat 49:5

א"ה תרומה נמי לימא ק"ו הוא הא כתיב ממנו

which is defiled? — Does it [the reverse] not follow <i>a fortiori</i>: if tithe, which is light,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., its sanctity is less than that of sacrifices. ');">⁹</span> yet the Torah said, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean'; then how much more so <i>kodesh</i>, which is more stringent? If so, in the case of <i>terumah</i> too let us say, does it [the reverse] not follow a afortiori?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For its sanctity is higher than that of tithes. ');">¹⁰</span>

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