אי הכי תרומה נמי אפשר דמיתשיל עילויה אי מתשיל עלה הדרא לטיבלא
What is the reason? [Is it] because it is possible that he might ask to be released from, his naziriteship?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And a competent authority, provided there is valid ground for it, could release him from his vow and thus enable him again to drink wine.');"><sup>17</sup></span> But, if so, is it not equall possible for him to ask for the release of the terumah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which on returning to its former state of unconsecration would be permitted to an Israelite also. kcy');"><sup>18</sup></span> - Were he to ask for its release it would return to its state of tebel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , produce before the priestly dues have been separated from it. Such produce may not be eaten.');"><sup>19</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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