Tosefta for Pesachim 112:7
ונותנין פיאה לירק: ולית להו לאנשי יריחו הא דתנן כלל אמרו בפיאה כל שהוא אוכל ונשמר וגידולו מן הארץ ולקיטתו כאחת ומכניסו לקיום חייב בפיאה
When Rabin came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylonia.');"><sup>11</sup></span> he said in the name of R'Simeon B'Lakish: The controversy is in respect of [the fallen dates] among the lower branches, the Rabbis holding, That which is ready for birds is not ready for man, while the men of Jericho hold, That which is ready for birds is ready for man. But [the fallen dates] on the
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