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may give her food and she may eat it, and there is concern that she will feed others her produce that was not tithed. Now, if there is concern that the wife of the am ha’aretz might steal from her husband and give the other woman food without his permission, should there not be concern that she mig
Rav Yosef said: There too, the wife of the am ha’aretz rules for herself that she is permitted to do this, and she says: The ox may eat from its threshing. She thinks that while she is engaged in preparing food, it is permitted for her to take from the food and it is not considered stealing. Conse
§ The Talmud cites a baraita (Tosefta, Demai 3:1) dealing with produce deposited with an am ha’aretz: R' Yosei ben HaMeshullam testified in the name of R' Yoḥanan, his brother, who said in the name of R' Elazar ben Ḥasma: A dough kneader who is a ḥaver may not prepare a loaf to serve as ḥalla for a
And similarly, an olive presser who is a ḥaver may not prepare oil from the olives of an am ha’aretz that are teruma while keeping the oil in a state of ritual impurity. But he may prepare all of his ordinary olives while keeping the oil in a state of purity, and then take the amounted required for
The Talmud asks: And what is the reason that such leniency was granted? R' Yoḥanan said: For the sake of the kneader’s livelihood and for the sake of the olive presser’s livelihood.