Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 230:9

וכ"ת חזיא לזילוף והתניא מים שנתגלו הרי זה לא ישפכם ברשות הרבים ולא יגבל בהן את הטיט ולא ירבץ בהן את הבית ולא ישקה מהם את בהמתו ולא בהמת חבירו

he may say, 'Let this be the <i>terumah</i> [portion] of the tithe<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the tithe of the tithe mentioned in Num. XVIII, 26. ');">²²</span> with respect to the other nine barrels,' though in the case of oil he should not do so as he would thereby cause a great loss to the priest?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The difference between oil and wine is that, since the produce was already defiled, in the case of wine the priest would in any case be unable to make any use of it, whereas in the case of oil he can use it for the purposes of heating and lighting; v. Ter. XI, 10. [Now assuming that the loss involved in the case of the wine, being small (v. infra), is to be compared with a loss that is not definite, does this not prove that where there is only likely to be a loss, the relevant declaration may be made directly?] ');">²³</span> — Said R. Jeremiah: [In this case we suppose that] the bale of the presshouse was still twined around it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which case the loss is insignificant. ');">²⁴</span>

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