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Rava adds: The kneading of consecrated dough exempts it from the obligation of ḥalla, as we learned in a Mishnah (Ḥalla 3:3): If a woman consecrated her dough before she kneaded it and she subsequently redeemed it, she is obligated to separate ḥalla. Likewise, if she consecrated it after she kneaded
Rava raises a dilemma: If dough was kneaded while in the possession of a non-Jew, what is its status? Is one who acquires it after it has been kneaded obligated to separate ḥalla from it or not? The Talmud answers that this is taught explicitly, as we learned in a Mishnah (Ḥalla 3:6): With regard t
The Talmud asks: Of the rabbis who disagreed with regard to the obligation to tithe grain that is smoothed by a non-Jew, who taught this Mishnah with regard to ḥalla? Perhaps it is a ruling upon which everyone agrees, and even R' Meir and R' Yehuda, who obligate there, in the case of tithes, exempt
The Talmud explains this possibility. There are 3 verses written with regard to teruma that contain the term “your grain.” They are: “You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain” (Deuteronomy 12:17); “And you shall eat before YHWH your God…the tithe of your grain” (Deuteronomy 12:17);
The Talmud elaborates: This is an example of a restrictive expression following a restrictive expression. And there is a hermeneutical principle that a restrictive expression following a restrictive expression comes only to include additional cases. In this case, the verses teach that even grain tha