Mesorat%20hashas for Gittin 122:2
אמר אביי התם בכהן החשוד לאכול תרומה בטומאה עסקינן דהוה ליה טומאה דאורייתא
but not for those who eat the produce of the Sabbatical year and for those who eat their produce in uncleanness'? — Abaye replied: 'We are dealing there with a priest who is suspected of eating <i>terumah</i> in uncleanness, the uncleanness there being of a kind recognised by the Torah. If that is so, how could the food be entrusted to him? 'Would not that contradict the following: 'Terumah may be entrusted to an Israelite 'am ha-arez but not to a priest 'am ha-arez, because he might take liberties with it?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being used to eating terumah. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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