Related for Eruvin 57:7
אלא משום דקתני ובמזון שתי סעודות לעירוב וכביצה לטמא טומאת אוכלין והני נמי בני טמויי טומאת אוכלין נינהו
An objection was raised: R'Simeon B'Eliezer ruled: [The poor man's tithe<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Distributed in the threshing floor.');"><sup>20</sup></span> must be<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For each applicant.');"><sup>21</sup></span> of no less a quantity than] an 'ukla<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A measure of capacity, v. Glos.');"><sup>22</sup></span> of spices, a pound of vegetables, ten nuts, five peaches, two pomegranates or one ethrog;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A species of citron used on Tabernacles with the festive wreath,.');"><sup>23</sup></span>
Tosefta Peah
We do not reduce [the agricultural gifts] to the poor during the years of of the poor person's tithe (i.e., the third and sixth years of the agricultural cycle) to less than half a kav of wheat or a kav of barley (Peah 8:5). In what context does this apply? [For grain that has been brought in to] the threshing floor, but [for grain brought] inside his house, we give [the poor person] any amount (כל שהו not כל שדהו), and we are not concerned [that it is too little]. And [similarly for] the remainder of the priestly gifts and the [gifts for the] Levite, we give any amount, and we are not concerned [that it is too little]. [If he is saving some to give to his poor relatives, see Peah 8:6], he can save half and give half. Abba Yosa ben Dostai said in the name of Rabbi Eliezer, "[If he] wants, he [can] place before [the poor people] a third and retain two-thirds for his [poor] relatives."
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