ב אם תמצא לומר לא אזלינן בתר עיקר ותוספת בעי עשורי עיקר מאי אמר ליה אביי מאי שנא מכל חיטי ושערי דעלמא
2 R. Abbahu raised this question. What is the law if an ear of corn, which had been in the pile when it was smoothed off, had been replanted and designated [as terumah] when attached [to the soil]? Do we say that since it was in the pile when it was smoothed off it then became tebel, and therefore when it is later designated [as terumah, even though attached to the soil], it is consecrated [as terumah]; or perhaps since it was replanted its tebel state has passed? - The Rabbis thereupon said to Abaye, If [we say] so, then we find produce that is attached to the soil consecrated as terumah, and we have learnt: We do not find produce that is attached to the soil consecrated as terumah! - He replied. That was taught only in connection with the liability of death [at the hands of Heaven] and the payment of the added fifth. For if one plucked it out and ate it, one has then eaten what was detached from soil; and if one bent down and ate it, that act runs counter to the acts of men. <br>