והא דתניא רבי יהודה אומר
On what principle do they differ? One Master is of the opinion that a movable<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'thrown.');"><sup>46</sup></span> tent has not the status of a valid tent<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it cannot constitute a screen between the man and the unclean territory.');"><sup>51</sup></span> and the other Master maintains that even a movable<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'thrown.');"><sup>46</sup></span> tent<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Provided its dimensions are of the prescribed size.');"><sup>52</sup></span> has the status of a valid tent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And constitutes a valid screen. The first Tanna is thus in agreement with Rabbi's view while R. Judah is of the same opinion as R. Jose son of R. Judah.');"><sup>53</sup></span> It was taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M. and Rashal. Cur. edd., 'but that which was taught'.');"><sup>54</sup></span> R'Judah ruled,
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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