Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Tosefta for Gittin 123:10

א"ה מאי איריא דחבר אפי' דעם הארץ נמי ה"נ קאמר בכלים של עם הארץ הראויין להשתמש בהן חבר:

Again, [olive pressers who are kaberim] should not set aside <i>terumah</i> from his olives in ritual purity,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lest the priest relying on them should think that they are clean, whereas they may have already become unclean through the touch of the 'am ha-arez. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>

Tosefta Demai

Rabbi Yosei ben HaMeshullam testified in the name of Rabbi Natan his brother in the name Rabbi Elazar Hisma, that we [chaverim] do not make Tahorot (i.e., foods requiring a state of ritual purity) for an am ha'aretz (i.e., a Jew who is not scrupulous in his observance, including the laws of purity and tithing). [In addition], do not make him ritually pure Terumah dough (i.e., dough that has been set aside and consecrated to a Kohen (a Jewish priest), presumably, even if the am ha'aretz himself is a Kohen). But one can make him ritually pure but unconsecrated dough in a state of purity, separate Challah (i.e. the Kohen's portion of the dough) from it, and give it to him inside a K'fisha [=כפישה, an inverted basket of twigs or on a tray (which would not be susceptible to impurity), see Jastrow] and an am ha'aretz can come and take this and that [the K'fisha and the dough]. Do not make him ritually pure Terumah olives (i.e., olives that have been set aside and consecrated to a Kohen, presumably, even if the am ha'aretz himself is a Kohen) (see Tos. Terumot 9:10; Y. Ter. XI.3.3), but one can make him ritually pure but unconsecrated olives, separate from them the priestly portion, and give to him inside a vessel of a chaver (see above Tos. Demai 2:2), and the am ha'aretz can come and take both of them [the olives and the vessel].
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