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והתנן, הרכינה ומיצה – הרי זו תרומה!
But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Terumot 11:8): If one poured oil or wine of teruma from one vessel to another and turned the vessel on its side and drained out the last bits of liquid inside, this is teruma and must be given to the priest? This indicates that the last remnants of the liquid in the vessel belong to the one who receives the oil or wine, not the owner, i.e., the seller. Why, then, does the Mishnah here teach that the last remnants belong to the seller?
אמר ליה: הא איתמר עלה, אמר רבי אבהו: משום יאוש בעלים נגעו בה.
Rav Yitzḥak bar Avdimi said to R' Elazar: But wasn’t it stated with regard to that Mishnah that R' Abbahu says: Due to of the despair of the owner, who relinquishes his right to such a small amount of wine or oil, the rabbis touched upon it and ruled that any remnants extracted from the vessel belong to the seller? By contrast, with regard to teruma, which is forbidden to non-priests, the despair of the buyer is irrelevant, and therefore anything that remains in the vessels is teruma.
והחנווני אינו חייב להטיף וכו׳. איבעיא להו: רבי יהודה – ארישא קאי, ולקולא; או דלמא אסיפא קאי, ולחומרא?
§ The Mishnah teaches: And a storekeeper is not obligated to drip 3 drops. R' Yehuda says: If the sale occurs on Friday as nightfall arrives, one is exempt from dripping these 3 drops. A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: Is R' Yehuda referring to the first clause of the Mishnah, and if so his ruling is lenient, as the Mishnah states that one must drip 3 drops and he states that on Friday one is exempt from doing so? Or perhaps he is referring to the latter clause and is stringent, as the Mishnah teaches that a storekeeper is always exempt, whereas R' Yehuda rules that this is the halakha only on Friday?