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אבל לא את הטבל וכו׳. פשיטא! לא צריכא בטבל טבול מדרבנן, שזרעו בעציץ שאינו נקוב.
We learned in the Mishnah: However, one may not move untithed produce on Shabbat. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. The Talmud answers: It was only necessary to teach this halakha with regard to a case in which the produce is permitted by Torah law, but is considered untithed produce only by rabbinic law. What are the circumstances? It is referring to a case where the produce grew in an unperforated flowerpot. The legal status of produce that grows in an unperforated flowerpot is not like that of produce that grows in the ground.
ולא מעשר ראשון וכו׳. פשיטא! לא צריכא, שהקדימו בכרי, שנטל ממנו מעשר ולא נטלה ממנו תרומה גדולה. מהו דתימא כדאמר ליה רב פפא לאביי, קא משמע לן כדשני ליה אביי.
We learned in the Mishnah: Nor may one move first tithe from which teruma has not been taken. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. The Talmud answers: It was only necessary for the Mishnah to teach this halakha for a case in which the Levite preceded the priest after the kernels of grain were placed in a pile, where first tithe was taken and teruma gedola was not taken. Lest you say concerning this case, as Rav Pappa said to Abaye, here too, the produce should be exempt from the obligation to separate teruma gedola, the tanna of the Mishnah teaches us as Abaye responded to Rav Pappa: There is a difference between the case in which the grain was on the stalks and the case in which the grain was in a pile.
ולא את מעשר שני וכו׳. פשיטא! לא צריכא דנפדו ולא נפדו כהלכתן. מעשר — שפדאו על גבי אסימון, דרחמנא אמר ״וצרת הכסף בידך״, דבר שיש בו צורה. הקדש — שחיללו על גבי קרקע, דרחמנא אמר ״ונתן הכסף וקם לו״.
We learned in the Mishnah: Nor may one move second tithe and consecrated items that were not redeemed. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. It was only necessary for the Mishnah to teach this halakha with regard to a case where they were redeemed but not redeemed properly. When the Mishnah lists the second tithe, it is referring to that which was redeemed with an unminted coin [asimon], i.e., a silver bullion that had not been engraved. And God, in the Torah, states in the case of second tithe: “And bind up [vetzarta] the money in your hand” (Deuteronomy 14:25). The rabbis interpreted this as follows: Vetzarta is money that has a form [tzura] engraved upon it. When the Mishnah lists consecrated property, it is referring to that which was redeemed by exchanging it for land instead of money. And God, in the Torah, states with regard to this: He will give the money “and it will be assured to him” (Leviticus 27:19). Money and not land may be used in redeeming consecrated property.