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והדשות בתרומה ומעשר, אינו עובר משום ״בל תחסום״, אבל מפני מראית העין – מביא בול מאותו המין ותולה לה בטרסקלין שבפיה. רבי שמעון בן יוחאי אומר: מביא כרשינים ותולה לה, שהכרשינים יפות לה מן הכל.
or that thresh teruma and tithe, which one may not allow his cows to eat, if he muzzles them he does not violate the prohibition of: Do not muzzle, but due to the appearance of prohibition, as observers are unaware that he is acting in a permitted manner, he should bring a piece of that species of produce and hang it in the basket [bateraskalin] that is by the animal’s mouth. R' Shimon ben Yoḥai says: He does not have to use the same food that the animal is threshing, as he may bring vetches and hang them for it, as vetches are better for it than anything.
ורמינהי: פרות המרכסות בתבואה – אינו עובר משום ״בל תחסום״. והדשות בתרומה ומעשר – עובר משום ״בל תחסום״. ונכרי הדש בפרתו של ישראל – אינו עובר משום ״בל תחסום״. וישראל הדש בפרתו של נכרי – עובר משום ״בל תחסום״. קשיא תרומה אתרומה, קשיא מעשר אמעשר!
And the Talmud raises a contradiction against this from a baraita: In the case of cows that tread on produce, one does not violate the prohibition of: Do not muzzle, but with regard to those which thresh teruma and tithes, he does violate the prohibition of: Do not muzzle. And in the case of a non-Jew who threshes with the cow of a Jew, he does not violate the prohibition of: Do not muzzle, but a Jew who threshes with the cow of a non-Jew does violate the prohibition of: Do not muzzle, as it depends on the person who performs the action, not the identity of the animal’s owner. This presents a difficulty with regard to the ruling concerning teruma in one baraita and the ruling concerning teruma in the other baraita, and there is similarly a difficulty with regard to the ruling concerning tithe in one baraita and the ruling concerning tithe in the other baraita.