Related for Eruvin 60:10
ולפרוש עלה מיניה וביה דלית בה שיעורא
are not suspected of setting aside terumah from [produce] that is not in close proximity [to the produce for which it is set aside]. But he can [still] Set aside the terumah for it from [the very 'erub] itself [This is a case] where it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'erub after terumah would have been separated from it.');"><sup>24</sup></span> would not contain the prescribed quantity. But why this certainty?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the Tanna deals only with an 'erub that was so small in quantity. As a general ruling one would rather expect it to apply to all cases.');"><sup>25</sup></span>
Tosefta Maasrot
[If the owner of a field] said to him, "Go out and gather figs for yourself from the fig tree," he may eat casually from them and tithe them as certainly untithed produce. [If he] said to him, "Go out and fill yourself up this basket," he may eat from them casually and tithe them as Demai. In what case does this apply? With [a field belonging to] an am ha'aretz, but with [the field of] a chaver, he may eat and there is no need to tithe, the words of Rebbi. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, In what case does this apply? With [the field of] an am ha'aretz, but with [the field of] a chaver, he should not eat until he has tithed, since chaverim are not be suspected of taking Terumah [on behalf of other produce] that is not in close by (and thus we can be certain that the chaver-owner would not have already tithed these figs (see Ter. 4:3)). Said Rebbi (not "Rabbi Yehuda"), my words are preferable to the words of Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel. It is better that chaverim will take Terumah [from produce] that is not close by and not feed untithed produce to amei ha'aretz.
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