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מאימתי (מ)חייבין עליהם – משיראו פני הבית. כמאן – כי האי תנא, דתניא, רבי אליעזר אומר: בכורים מקצתן בחוץ ומקצתן בפנים, שבחוץ – הרי הן כחולין לכל דבריהם, שבפנים – הרי הן כהקדש לכל דבריהם.
from when is a non-priest who eats first fruits liable to receive death at the hand of Heaven for their consumption? One is liable from when the fruits will enter inside the Temple. The Talmud notes: In accordance with whose opinion is this halakha stated? It is in accordance with the opinion of this tanna, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Eliezer says: With regard to first fruits, some of which are outside and some of which are inside the Temple, the halakhic status of those that are outside the Temple is like that of non-sacred produce for all matters concerning them, and the halakhic status of those that are inside the Temple is like that of consecrated produce for all matters concerning them.
אמר רב ששת: בכורים, הנחה – מעכבת בהן, קרייה – אין מעכבת בהן.
§ Rav Sheshet says: With regard to first fruits, the lack of placement alongside the altar invalidates them; while the lack of recitation of the accompanying Torah verses does not invalidate them.
כמאן – כי האי תנא, דתניא: רבי יוסי אומר שלשה דברים משום שלשה זקנים, רבי ישמעאל אומר: יכול יעלה אדם מעשר שני בזמן הזה בירושלים, ויאכלנו? ודין הוא: בכור טעון הבאת מקום, ומעשר שני טעון הבאת מקום, מה בכור אינו אלא בפני הבית – אף מעשר אינו אלא בפני הבית.
The Talmud notes: In accordance with whose opinion is this halakha stated? It is in accordance with the opinion of this tanna, R' Yishmael, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says 3 statements in the name of 3 elders, and one of those statements is that which R' Yishmael says: One might have thought that a person would bring second-tithe produce up to Jerusalem in the present, after the destruction of the Temple, and eat it. And ostensibly, it could be derived by means of a logical inference that one may not do so: A firstborn offering requires bringing it to the place, to Jerusalem, and eating it there, and second-tithe produce requires bringing it to the place; just as the firstborn offering may be eaten there only in the presence of the Temple, so too, second-tithe produce may be eaten there only in the presence of the Temple.