Commentary for Yoma 161:2

אמר רב שיזבי א"ר יוחנן זר שבלע שזפין של תרומה והקיאן ואכלן אחר ראשון משלם (את) קרן וחומש שני אין משלם אלא דמי עצים לראשון בלבד

R'Shezbi said in the name of R'Johanan: If a non-priest swallowed jujubes of terumah, and spat them out, and another one ate them, then the first pays the principal, and the fifth, whereas the second does not pay more than their wood [fuel] value.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first, having eaten them, must pay both principal and fine, a complete offence having been committed by him; but not the second, who ate something which could have been used only as fuel.');">²</span> BUT WHAT A MAN EATS AND DRINKS DOES NOT GO TOGETHER'Who is the Tanna [of this part of the Mishnah]? - R'Hisda said: This has been taught under a controversy of opinion, and it is in accord with R'Joshua, for we learned: R'Joshua pronounced with principle: All foods are equal regarding the [duration of] their uncleanness and the quantity of them [required to convey uncleanness] combine; if they be equal only concerning the [duration of] their uncleanness, but not concerning the quantity of them [required to convey uncleanness]; or only regarding quantity, but not in the duration of uncleanness; or if they be equal neither in respect of [duration of] uncleanness nor quantity, they do not combine [to make up the minimum quantity which constitutes the transgression].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two half olives from two corpses, or two pieces of the size each of one half of a lentil, coming from a dead creeping thing, share the duration of uncleanness and the minimum quantity; a creeping thing and the carcase of an animal that died a natural death, are alike with regard to duration of the uncleanness they cause (in each case up to the evening of the day) , but differ as to the minimum quantity which causes defilement; the former has the standard of an olive, the latter that of a lentil. A human corpse and the carcase of an animal again are alike in the minimum required for defiling a person, viz., an olive, but are different with regard to the duration of the uncleanness caused: the former causing one lasting seven days, the latter one lasting up to the evening only; v. Me'il. 17a.');">³</span>

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