Eruvin 37A

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אומר: שני לוגין שאני עתיד להפריש הרי הן תרומה, עשרה מעשר ראשון, תשעה מעשר שני, ומיחל ושותה מיד ⁠— דברי רבי מאיר. רבי יהודה ורבי יוסי ורבי שמעון אוסרין.

may say: Two log of the 100 log present here, which I will separate in the future, when I have finished drinking, should be the great teruma given to a priest; 10 log should be first tithe; and 9 log, which are a tenth of the remaining 90 log, should be second tithe. He then redeems the second-tithe with money because in its sanctified state second tithe may only be consumed in Jerusalem, and he may then immediately drink the wine, and the wine remaining at the end will be teruma and tithes. One may rely on the principle of retroactive designation and say that when he is finished drinking, the wine that is left becomes retroactively designated as teruma and tithes, such that the wine he drank was permitted for consumption. This is the statement of R' Meir. However, R' Yehuda, R' Yosei, and R' Shimon prohibit drinking the wine in this manner. Therefore, it would appear that R' Yehuda rejects the principle of retroactive designation, contrary to the ruling of the Mishnah and in accordance with the opinion of Ayo.

עולא אמר: ליתא לאיו ממתניתין. ואלא הא דקתני: רבי יהודה ורבי יוסי ורבי שמעון אוסרין —

Ulla also took note of this contradiction between the statements of R' Yehuda, but he said the opposite: The statement of Ayo should not be accepted because it contradicts what is stated in the Mishnah. The Talmud raises a difficulty: But that which was taught in the Tosefta: R' Yehuda, R' Yosei, and R' Shimon prohibit drinking the wine in this manner, indicates, as was demonstrated above, that R' Yehuda rejects the principle of retroactive designation.

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