Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 111:7

אמר אביי ר' אלעזר שפיר קא קשיא ליה ושמואל לא שפיר קא משני ליה דקשיא ליה לר' אלעזר מיתה דבידי שמים ומשני ליה שמואל מיתת ב"ד דלמא שאני מיתת ב"ד דחמירא

why should one bear sin? Hence it follows that if one separates [<i>terumah</i>] from inferior [produce] for better, the <i>terumah</i> is <i>terumah</i>. But [when you say,] even if they are of many moulds, let us fear lest he come to separate from what is liable for what is [now] exempt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having been tithed already. ');">¹³</span> and vice versa!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. note 2. Since this fear is not entertained, it follows that even R. Meir did not hold that the law of demai was enacted with the same stringency as Biblical tithes. ');">¹⁴</span>

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