Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 70:6

דאמר ר' אבהו אמר רבי שמעון בן לקיש מעשר ראשון שהקדימו בשיבלים פטור מתרומה גדולה שנאמר (במדבר יח, כו) והרמותם ממנו תרומת ה' מעשר מן המעשר מעשר מן המעשר אמרתי לך ולא תרומה גדולה ותרומת מעשר מן המעשר

- It is necessary [to teach it] only where he anticipated it [in setting it aside<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the separation of the first tithe.');">⁶</span> while the corn was still] in the ears, and terumah of the tithe was taken from it, but the great terumah was not taken from it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The great terumah is a portion of the produce, unspecified by Scripture (the Rabbis prescribed from one fortieth to one sixtieth, according to the owner's generosity) , which is the priest's due; for terumah of tithe v. note on Mishnah supra 35a. The great terumah must be separated first, and then the first tithe. But here the order was reversed and the Israelite separated his tithe while the grain was yet in the ears.');">⁷</span>

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