Midrash for Bava Metzia 175:1
עד שיראה פני הבית שנאמר (דברים כו, יג) בערתי הקדש מן הבית
until it sees the front of the house,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., unless it is taken into the house through the front door, not through the roof or backyard. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
And whence do we derive (the same for) what he sells? From "which goes forth from the field." They said: Why were the shops of Bnei Chanan laid waste two years before (the destruction of) Eretz Yisrael? Because they exempted their fruits from the tithe, expounding "Tithe shall you tithe … and you shall eat" — and not what you sell; "the produce of your seed" — and not (that of) the buyer.
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