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היתר מעלין את האיסור? והתנן: גידולי תרומה תרומה! בגידולי גידולין קאמרינן. הא נמי תנינא: גידולי גידולין חולין! הא קא משמע לן: אפילו בדבר שאין זרעו כלה.
permitted neutralize the prohibition? But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah: The growths of teruma are teruma, indicating that they do not neutralize the prohibition of the original part of the plant? The Talmud answers: We are speaking of the growths of growths. R' Yannai permits the teruma, not due to the majority of direct growths of teruma; he permitted it due to the majority of growths that sprouted from its growths. The Talmud asks: We already learned that too: The status of growths of growths of teruma is that of non-sacred produce. The Talmud answers: This teaches us that the growths of growths are permitted even in items whose seeds do not cease, e.g., onions.
והתנן: הטבל — גידוליו מותרין בדבר שזרעו כלה. אבל דבר שאין זרעו כלה — גידולי גידולין אסורין! רבויא דרבו גידולין על עיקרו מותר קא משמע לן.
The Talmud asks: But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah: With regard to untithed produce, its growths are permitted in items whose seeds cease; however, concerning items whose seeds do not cease, the growths of growths are forbidden. The Talmud answers: It teaches us that if the increase of the growths of growths exceeded its primary, original part, that original part is permitted.