אמר מר במה דברים אמורים בעם הארץ אבל בחבר אוכל ואינו צריך לעשר דברי רבי
My view, remarked Rabbi, seems [to be more acceptable] than that of my father,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Simeon b. Gamaliel. .rtv hng');"><sup>46</sup></span> since it is preferable that Fellows should be suspected of giving terumah from [produce] that is not in close proximity [with that for which it is given] than that they should give 'amme ha-arez<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' pl. of am ha-arez (v. Glos.) . ohkcy');"><sup>47</sup></span> to eat all sorts of tebel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' pl. of tebel (v. Glos.) . This is explained soon.');"><sup>48</sup></span> Now, their<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbi and his father.');"><sup>49</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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