Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 108:10

אי הכי אימא סיפא א"ר אלעזר בר' יוסי אבא היה נוטל עשר גרוגרות שבמקצוע על תשעים שבכלכלה ואי בתרומה גדולה עשר מאי עבידתיה

Now if we are dealing with the 'great terumah', why is 'ten' mentioned?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The use of the numbers ten and ninety suggests that the offering is the tithe and not the terumah.');">¹⁶</span> - We are really dealing here with the terumah of the tithe,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The heave-offering of one tenth given to the priest by the Levite form the tithe he receives. V. Num. XVIII, 25ff.');">¹⁷</span> and it is in accordance with the teaching of Abba Eleazar B'Gomel.

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