## Bava Metzia Daf 53a

###### Bava Metzia 53a:1
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וַאֲסוּרִים לְזָרִים, וְהֵן נִכְסֵי כֹהֵן, וְעוֹלִים בְּאֶחָד וּמֵאָה, וּטְעוּנִין רְחִיצַת יָדַיִם וְהֶעֱרֵב שֶׁמֶשׁ. הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ בִּתְרוּמָה וּבִכּוּרִים, מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** their consumption **is prohibited to non-priests; and they are the property of the priest** in every sense, e.g., to sell them to another priest or betroth a woman with them; **and** if they were intermingled with non-sacred produce **they are negated** only if the ratio is **one** part *teruma* **in one hundred** parts non-sacred produce; **and they require the washing of** one’s **hands** before partaking of them; **and** one who was impure and immersed must wait for **sunset** before partaking of them. **These** are *halakhot* that are in effect **with regard to *teruma* and first fruits, which is not so with regard to** second **tithe.**


###### Bava Metzia 53a:2
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מַאי ״מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר״ – לָאו מִכְּלָל דְּמַעֲשֵׂר בָּטֵיל בְּרוּבָּא? וְאִם אִיתָא דְּחִזְקִיָּה, הֲוָה לֵיהּ דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מַתִּירִין. וְכׇל דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מַתִּירִין, אֲפִילּוּ בְּאֶלֶף לֹא בָּטֵיל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is the meaning of: **Which is not so with regard to** second **tithe?** Is it **not, by inference, that** second **tithe is negated in a majority** of non-sacred produce? **And if it is so that** the opinion of **Ḥizkiyya** is correct and even second-tithe produce worth less than one *peruta* can be redeemed, second tithe **is an item whose** prohibition **has permitting** factors, **and** the principle is that **any item whose** prohibition **has permitting** factors is **not negated even** if it is in a mixture **with one thousand** permitted parts.


###### Bava Metzia 53a:3
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וּמִמַּאי דְּמַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר – דְּבָטֵיל בְּרוּבָּא? דִּלְמָא לָא בָּטֵיל כְּלָל! לָא מָצֵית אָמְרַתְּ הָכִי, דִּלְגַבֵּי תְּרוּמָה – חוּמְרֵי דִתְרוּמָה קָתָנֵי, קוּלֵּי דִתְרוּמָה לָא קָתָנֵי. וְהָא קָא תָנֵי: וְהֵן נִכְסֵי כֹהֵן!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this proof: **And from where** is it learned that from the phrase: **Which is not so with regard to** second **tithe,** one infers **that** second tithe is **negated in** a simple **majority? Perhaps** infer that second tithe **is not negated at all.** The Gemara answers: **You cannot say so, as with regard to *teruma*,** the *tanna* in the mishna **is teaching the stringencies of *teruma*** but **he is not teaching the leniencies of *teruma*.** The Gemara asks: **But doesn’t** the *tanna* **teach: And they are the property of the priest,** which is a leniency? Apparently, the *tanna* did not restrict his treatment of the *halakhot* of *teruma* to stringencies.


###### Bava Metzia 53a:4
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לָא סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ, דְּתַנְיָא בְּהֶדְיָא: מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בָּטֵיל בְּרוּבָּא. וּבְאֵיזֶה מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי אָמְרוּ – בְּמַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ שָׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה, וְשֶׁנִּכְנַס לִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְיָצָא. וְאִם אִיתָא לִדְחִזְקִיָּה, לֶיעְבֵּד לֵיהּ לִדְחִזְקִיָּה, וְנִיחַלְּלֵיהּ עַל מָעוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת! דְּלָא פָּרֵיק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara states: The inference that second tithe is not negated at all should **not enter your mind, as it is taught explicitly** in a *baraita*: **Second tithe is negated in** a simple **majority. And with regard to which second tithe did** the Sages **say** this? It is **with regard to** second **tithe that is not worth** even **one *peruta*, and which entered Jerusalem and exited.** The Gemara states its objection to the ruling of Ḥizkiyya: **And if it is so that** the opinion **of Ḥizkiyya** is correct and even second-tithe produce worth less than one *peruta* can be redeemed, **let him take action according to Ḥizkiyya and redeem** the second tithe **upon the first coins.** Therefore, as an item whose prohibition has permitting factors, it should not be negated at all. The Gemara answers: This is a case **where he did not redeem** his second tithe, and therefore he has no first coins upon which to redeem the produce.


###### Bava Metzia 53a:5
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וְנַיְתֵי מַעֲשֵׂר דְּאִית לֵיהּ (וְנִצְטָרְפִינְהוּ) [וּנְצָרֵף]! דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא וּדְרַבָּנַן לָא מִצְטָרְפִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And let him bring** other second-**tithe** produce worth half a *peruta* **that he has, and join it** to the second tithe worth half a *peruta* intermingled with the non-sacred produce, and desacralize them together. It remains an item whose prohibition has permitting factors. The Gemara answers: Second tithe **by Torah law and** second tithe **by rabbinic law do not join.** By Torah law second tithe is negated in a majority of non-sacred produce and retains no sanctity, and it is by rabbinic law that an item whose prohibition has permitting factors is not negated. Therefore, the half-*peruta* of second tithe that he brought, which is not in a mixture and is second tithe by Torah law, cannot be redeemed.


###### Bava Metzia 53a:6
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וְנַיְתֵי דְּמַאי! דִּלְמָא אָתֵי לְאֵתוֹיֵי וַדַּאי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues: **And let him bring** half a *peruta* of second-tithe produce from **doubtfully tithed produce [*demai*],** which is by rabbinic law, and join it to the intermingled half-*peruta*. The Gemara explains: One may not do so *ab initio* **lest he come to bring** a half-*peruta* from produce that is **definitely** untithed, as in practice one treats *demai* in the same manner that he treats untithed produce.


###### Bava Metzia 53a:7
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וְנַיְתֵי שְׁתֵּי פְרוּטוֹת, וּנְחַלֵּל עֲלַיְיהוּ מַעֲשֵׂר בִּפְרוּטָה וּמֶחֱצָה, וּנְחַלֵּל הַאי עַל הַיְאךְ יַתִּירָא. מִי סָבְרַתְּ: פְּרוּטָה וּמֶחֱצָה תָּפְסָה שְׁתֵּי פְרוּטוֹת? לָא. פְּרוּטָה תָּפְסָה פְּרוּטָה, וַחֲצִי פְּרוּטָה לָא תָּפְסָה. הֲדַר הָוְיָא לֵיהּ דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא וּדְרַבָּנַן. וּדְאוֹרָיְיתָא וּדְרַבָּנַן לָא מִצְטָרְפִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **And let him bring two *perutot* and desacralize** second **tithe** worth **one and a half *perutot* upon them, and desacralize this** half-*peruta* of second tithe **upon that remaining** half-*peruta*. The Gemara rejects this: **Do you hold** that the sanctity of second-tithe produce worth **one and a half *perutot* takes effect** on **two *perutot*? No,** the sanctity of **one *peruta* takes effect** on **one *peruta*** of the coins, **and** the sanctity of the **half-*peruta*** of produce **does not take effect** on anything. Once **again** it **becomes** a case of one half-*peruta* of produce that is second tithe **by Torah law and** the half-*peruta* in mixture that is second tithe **by rabbinic law, and** second tithe **by Torah law and** second tithe **by rabbinic law do not join.**


###### Bava Metzia 53a:8
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וְנַיְתֵי אִיסָּר! דִּלְמָא אָתֵי לְאֵתוֹיֵי פְּרוּטוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And let him bring an *issar*,** worth eight *perutot*, and redeem second tithe worth almost that much, and redeem the intermingled half-*peruta* of second tithe upon the rest. The Gemara answers: One may not do so *ab initio*, **lest he come to bring *perutot*** to redeem the produce, in which case the sanctity of the tithe will not take effect on a half-*peruta*, and the remedy will be ineffective.


###### Bava Metzia 53a:9
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וְשֶׁנִּכְנַס לִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְיָצָא. וְאַמַּאי: וְלִיהְדַּר וּנְעַיְּילֵיהּ! בְּשֶׁנִּטְמָא. וְנִפְרְקֵיהּ! דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מִנַּיִן לְמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי שֶׁנִּטְמָא, שֶׁפּוֹדִין אוֹתוֹ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is taught in the *baraita*: **And which entered Jerusalem and exited.** The Gemara asks: **And why** is the matter of negation in a majority relevant? **Let him bring it back** into Jerusalem and partake of it there. The Gemara answers: The reference is to second tithe **that became ritually impure** outside Jerusalem. The Gemara asks: **But** why not **let him redeem it,** in accordance with the statement of Rabbi Elazar? **As Rabbi Elazar says: From where** is it derived **with regard to second-tithe** produce **that became ritually impure that one may redeem it**