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אמר רבי אלעזר: הא דלא כרבי שמעון בן אלעזר. דתניא, כלל אמר רבי שמעון בן אלעזר: כל שאינו כשר להצניע, ואין מצניעין כמוהו, והוכשר לזה והצניעו, ובא אחר והוציאו — נתחייב זה במחשבה של זה.
R' Elazar said: This is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon ben Elazar, as it was taught in a baraita that R' Shimon ben Elazar stated a principle: Anything that is not fit to be stored and people do not typically store items like it, but it was deemed fit to be stored by this person and he stored it, and another person came and carried out the object that was stored, that person who carried it out is rendered liable by the thought of this person who stored it. Once one person deemed it significant by means of thought and action, it is considered significant for all people. According to our Mishnah, however, only the person who stored the object is liable for carrying it out.
מתני׳ המוציא תבן — כמלא פי פרה. עצה — כמלא פי גמל. עמיר — כמלא פי טלה. עשבים — כמלא פי גדי. עלי שום ועלי בצלים, לחים — כגרוגרת, יבשים — כמלא פי גדי. ואין מצטרפין זה עם זה מפני שלא שוו בשיעוריהן.
Mishnah: The Mishnah lists the measures in which various substances are significant and generally stored. One who carries out straw in a measure equivalent to a cow’s mouthful is liable. The measure that determines liability for etza is equivalent to a camel’s mouthful. Because it is a coarser food, he must carry out a greater amount in order to be liable. The measure that determines liability for ears of grain is equivalent to a lamb’s mouthful. The measure that determines liability for grass is equivalent to a goat’s mouthful, which is smaller than that of a lamb. The measure that determines liability for garlic leaves and onion leaves, if they are moist and fit for human consumption, is equivalent to a dried fig-bulk. A dried fig-bulk is the standard measure for human food. If the garlic leaves and onion leaves are dry, the measure for liability is equivalent to a goat’s mouthful. And none of these substances join together with one another to constitute a measure for liability because they are not equal in their measures.