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ואחד הסך, אחד תרומה טמאה ואחד תרומה טהורה — משלם חומש וחומשא דחומשא.
And even with regard to one who anoints himself with the teruma oil, both in a case of ritually impure teruma as well as in a case of ritually pure teruma, he must pay an additional fifth if he unwittingly consumes this teruma. If he unwittingly consumes this fifth then he must pay an additional fifth of the fifth. The original fifth has a status comparable to teruma itself, and therefore one is required to pay an additional fifth for consuming it.
איבעיא להו: כשהוא משלם, לפי מדה משלם או לפי דמים משלם? כל היכא דמעיקרא שויא ארבעה זוזי ולבסוף שויא זוזא — לא תיבעי לך, דודאי כדמעיקרא משלם לפי דמים, דלא גרע מגזלן. דתנן: כל הגזלנין משלמין כשעת הגזלה,
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis with regard to the laws of teruma: When he pays for this teruma, does he pay according to the measure of the teruma or according to its monetary value? The Talmud explains the question in greater detail: Anywhere that the teruma is worth 4 zuz at the outset, i.e., at the time he consumed the teruma, and is worth only one zuz at the end, at the time of payment, do not raise a dilemma, for in that case he is certainly required to pay according to the monetary value at the outset. The rationale behind this ruling is that he is no worse than a thief, and therefore the law in this case is the same as if he had stolen property from another person. As we learned in a Mishnah: All thieves must repay what they have stolen according to the value of the stolen object at the time it was stolen, even if its value subsequently goes down.