Quotation for Shabbat 67:1
ואית להו צערא לכהנים לאקופי אמר איכא איניש דידע דאיתחזק הכא טהרה א"ל ההוא סבא כאן קיצץ בן זכאי תורמסי תרומה עבד איהו נמי הכי כל היכא דהוה קשי טהריה וכל היכא דהוה רפי צייניה
and priests have the trouble of going round it. Said he: Does any man know that there was a presumption of cleanness here?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before the doubt arose, was there a time when this place was assumed to be clean, so that it enjoyed the status of cleanness? ');"><sup>1</sup></span> A certain old man replied, Here [R. Johanan] b. Zakkai cut down lupines of <i>terumah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he planted them while terumah and cut them down after they had grown. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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