Kiddushin 56A

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ואם לקח בשוגג ⁠– יחזרו דמים למקומם. במזיד ⁠– תעלה ותאכל במקום. אמר רבי יהודה: במה דברים אמורים ⁠– במתכוין ולקח תחילה לשם שלמים, אבל במתכוין להוציא מעות מעשר שני לחולין, בין שוגג בין מזיד ⁠– יחזרו דמים למקומם.

and if one purchased an animal unwittingly, without realizing he was using second tithe money, the money returns to its place, meaning that it is considered to be an erroneous transaction and is void, because the purchaser would prefer to bring the second tithe money to Jerusalem rather than to travel with an animal to bring as an offering. If he purchased it intentionally, the animal is brought up and eaten in its proper place, i.e., in Jerusalem. R' Yehuda said: In what case is this statement said? It is said with regard to one who acted with intent, and purchased the animal from the outset for the sake of a peace-offering, and in any case had to bring the animal to Jerusalem. But with regard to one who acted with intent to withdraw the second-tithe money from its consecrated state to a desacralized state, whether his act was unwitting, in which case it is an erroneous transaction, or intentional, the money returns to its place.

והאנן תנן: רבי יהודה אומר: במזיד ⁠– קידש! אמר רבי אלעזר: אשה יודעת שאין מעות מעשר שני מתחללין על ידה, ועולה ואוכלתו בירושלים.

The Talmud questions this statement: But didn’t we learn in the Mishnah that R' Yehuda says: If the second tithe was used intentionally, he has betrothed the woman with it, and the betrothal, which is a type of acquisition, is effective? R' Elazar said: The halakha in the Mishnah is based upon the assumption that a woman knows that second-tithe money is not desacralized by her acceptance of the betrothal, and it is as though she has agreed that she would ascend and eat it in Jerusalem.

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