במה דברים אמורים בעם הארץ אבל בחבר אוכל ואינו צריך לעשר דברי רבי רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר במה דברים אמורים בעם הארץ אבל בחבר אינו אוכל עד שיעשר לפי שלא נחשדו חברים לתרום שלא מן המוקף
or<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he desires to make of them a regular meal.');"><sup>31</sup></span> he must tithe them [as produce that is] known<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'certain'.');"><sup>32</sup></span> [to be untithed].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He must set apart all the prescribed dues; because the owner who does not know how much was gathered could not possibly have set aside any dues for the figs in question.');"><sup>33</sup></span> [If however, the owner said to him,] 'Fill yourself this basket<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. 'take a specified quantity'.');"><sup>34</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Maasrot
“ ‘Go and collect for yourself 20 figs from my tree’, he eats as usual and is free. ‘Go and fill a basket,’ he should not eat before tithing. When has this been said? About a vulgar. But from a Fellow he can eat and does not have to tithe, the words of Rebbi. Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says, when has this been said? About a vulgar. But from a Fellow he has to put it in order as certainly untithed since Fellows are not suspected to tithe what is not earmarked. Rebbi said, I prefer my words to those of Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel. It is preferable that they should tithe what is not earmarked than to feed ṭevel to the vulgar.” Rebbi Zeїra said, from both their opinions [it follows that] even a Fellow who sends to another Fellow must tithe. They ventured to say, he who said that Fellows are not suspected to tithe what is not earmarked, when somebody is a Fellow he has to tithe. And he who said, it is better to tithe what is not earmarked than to feed ṭevel to the vulgar, if he is a Fellow he has to tithe. Rebbi Jonah asked: Here you declare him to be a Fellow, there you declare him to be a vulgar. Rebbi Yose said, in both cases, he is a vulgar. But because of the rare one who puts in order he is called a Fellow.
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