בשל סופרים חזקה שליח עושה שליחותו ורב ששת אמר אחד זה ואחד זה חזקה שליח עושה שליחותו
in [respect of a law] of the Scribes there is a legal presumption that an agent carries out his mission. R'Shesheth, however, ruled: In respect of the one as in that of the other there is a legal presumption that an agent carries out his mission. Whence, said R'Shesheth, do I derive this? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That even in respect of a Pentateuchal law it may be presumed that an agent carries out his mission. rng');"><sup>1</sup></span> From what we learned: As soon as the omer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (lit., 'sheaf' or 'a measure containing the tenth part of an ephah') the offering of barley of the firstfruits of the harvest on the sixteenth day of Nisan (cf. Lev. XXIII, 10) .');"><sup>2</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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