Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 109:8

רישא דליכא כהן סיפא דאיכא כהן אין רישא דליכא כהן סיפא דאיכא כהן

Have we not learnt that where there is no priest one must give the terumah from that which is most durable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this case pressed figs.');">⁶</span> Obviously then there is a priest present.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore dried figs may not be given to the priest but only fresh ones, even though the priest will press them later on, for it is the custom to do so.');">⁷</span>

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