Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 254:21

והתורמס היבש כו': דווקא יבש אבל לח לא מ"ט כיון דמריר לא אכלה:

AND THE SECOND TITHE, etc. But that is obvious? — It is necessary [to teach it] only where the principal has been given but not the fifth:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When one redeemed the second tithe he had to add a fifth of its value. ');">¹⁷</span> thus he informs us that the fifth is not indispensable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the validity of the redemption, and the redeemed produce may be consumed anywhere, even though the fifth has not been added. ');">¹⁸</span> AND DRY LUPINES, etc. Only dry, but not moist. What is the reason? Since it is bitter, she [the goat] will not eat it.

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