Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 139:2

אם תמצא לומר לא אזלינן בתר עיקר ותוספת בעי עשורי עיקר מאי אמר ליה אביי מאי שנא מכל חיטי ושערי דעלמא

R. Abbahu raised this question. What is the law if an ear of corn, which had been in the pile when it was smoothed off, had been replanted and designated [as terumah] when attached [to the soil]? Do we say that since it was in the pile when it was smoothed off it then became tebel, and therefore when it is later designated [as terumah, even though attached to the soil], it is consecrated [as terumah]; or perhaps since it was replanted its tebel state has passed? - The Rabbis thereupon said to Abaye, If [we say] so, then we find produce that is attached to the soil consecrated as terumah, and we have learnt: We do not find produce that is attached to the soil consecrated as terumah! - He replied. That was taught only in connection with the liability of death [at the hands of Heaven] and the payment of the added fifth. For if one plucked it out and ate it, one has then eaten what was detached from soil; and if one bent down and ate it, that act runs counter to the acts of men. <br>

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