ורב נחמן התם כדרב חנינא חוזאה דאמר רב חנינא חוזאה חזקה הוא על חבר שאינו מוציא דבר שאינו מתוקן מתחת ידו
so Rabbi: R'Simeon B'Gamaliel, however, ruled: This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That it is sufficient to tithe the figs as demai.');"><sup>43</sup></span> applies only to [an owner] an am ha-arez, but if he was a Fellow<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Haber, v. Glos.');"><sup>40</sup></span> [the latter] must not eat [the figs]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a regular meal.');"><sup>44</sup></span> before he has tithed them, because Fellows are not suspected of giving terumah from [produce] that is not in close proximity [to the produce for which it is given].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The figs, therefor, must be regarded as produced for which none of the prescribed dues were set apart.');"><sup>45</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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