Chullin 99B

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Rav Dimi answered Abaye: No, the Mishnah means that although there is not 101 times as much non-sacred food as teruma, the teruma is nullified because there is 100 times its volume of non-sacred food.

Abaye responded: But since the first clause states that it is nullified in 100 times its volume, it must be that the latter clause is referring to a case where there is 60 times its volume. As the Mishnah (Orla 2:6) teaches in the first clause: When it is stated that the halakha is to be stringent

But if there is not enough non-sacred wheat to neutralize the teruma in 101 times its volume, then whether there is enough teruma to cause the non-sacred wheat to become leavened or whether there is not enough teruma to cause the non-sacred wheat to become leavened, the entire dough is forbidden to

Rav Dimi answered: No. The first clause is referring to a case where the teruma is mixed with 101 times its volume of non-sacred food, and the latter clause is referring to a case where the teruma is mixed with 100 times its volume of non-sacred food.

Abaye asked Rav Dimi: If so, when the Mishnah states that if there is enough teruma to cause the non-sacred wheat to become leavened the entire mixture is forbidden to non-priests, why is that the case? If leaven is mixed with 101 times its volume of non-sacred wheat it will have no leavening effect