Related for Chagigah 51:11
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> הפותח את חביתו והמתחיל בעיסתו על גב הרגל ר' יהודה אומר יגמור וחכ"א לא יגמור:
Mishnah: [Regarding] one who opens [a new] barrel [of wine], and one who begins [selling] his baked goods during the festival, Rabbi Yehudah says: "He may finish [the food after the festival; even though an <i>Am Ha'aretz</i>, who would transmit impurity to the substance when the festival passes, is likely to touch it, it is a necessary concession to be sure that there be food and drink for all the gathered in Jerusalem]." And the Sages say, "He may not finish."
Tosefta Chagigah
If tax collectors entered a house and wrote on the outside [that] everything that is in the house is [ritually] pure, they are believed as to the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite [of the red heifer], but they are not believed about the purity of Terumah, and in Jerusalem they are believed as to the purity of all the consecrated utensils but not about Terumah, and during the season of the pilgrimmage festival, [they are even believed] about Terumah. One who buys utensils from am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons, and one who sells utensils to am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons are believed about the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite, but are not believed about the purity of Terumah.
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