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and by thought. And this comparison also teaches that just as in the case of standard teruma one should give generously, so too, with regard to teruma of the tithe one should give generously. Therefore, one who separates teruma of the tithe from fresh figs for dried figs should do so generously, e
The Talmud suggests: And from this statement of R' Elazar, son of R' Yosei, one can cite a proof for the opinion that food is to be measured in accordance with its initial size. As R' Elazar, son of R' Yosei, said: Father would set aside 10 dried figs that were in a vessel for 90 fresh figs that wer
The Talmud answers that one cannot extrapolate from the example of dried figs to other cases. When Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said that R' Elazar says the following reason for that particular halakha: Dried figs are different, since one can boil dried figs in water and return
§ The Talmud discusses the possibility of separating fresh figs as teruma for dried ones. A baraita states: One may separate teruma from fresh figs for dried figs by number, e.g., 10 fresh figs for 90 dried ones, in a place where they are accustomed to make fresh figs into dried figs, and therefore
The Talmud analyzes this baraita. The Master said: One may separate teruma from fresh figs for dried figs in a place where they are accustomed to make fresh figs into dried figs. This indicates that in a place where they are accustomed to make dried figs, yes, one may set aside teruma in this mann