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יוצא — בכזית, לענין שבת נמי — בכזית! הכי השתא?! התם — מדאפקיה חוץ לחומת העזרה איפסיל ליה ביוצא, אשבת לא מיחייב עד דמפיק ליה לרשות הרבים, הכא — שבת וטומאה בהדי הדדי קאתיין.
disqualification of consecrated items due to leaving the Temple courtyard, the significant measure is an olive-bulk, as one who eats that measure of disqualified consecrated items is liable; with regard to Shabbat, its measure for liability should also be an olive-bulk. The Talmud rejects this: How can you make that comparison? There, in the case of the consecrated items, from the moment that he took it beyond the courtyard wall it was disqualified due to the prohibition of leaving. However, with regard to Shabbat, he is only liable when he takes it into the public domain, which is far beyond the courtyard walls. Here, in the case where one threw teruma into the house on Shabbat, the prohibition of Shabbat and the impurity of the teruma come simultaneously. Since the olive-bulk is significant in terms of impurity, it is similarly significant with regard to Shabbat.
חזר והכניסו אינו חייב אלא כשיעורו. פשיטא! אמר אביי: הכא במאי עסקינן — כגון שזרקו לאוצר ומקומו ניכר. מהו דתימא: כיון דמקומו ניכר במילתיה קמייתא קאי, קא משמע לן — מדזרקיה לאוצר, בטולי בטליה.
We learned in the Mishnah: If one stored the seed, carried it out, and then brought it back in, he is only liable if he brought in its measure for liability. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. By bringing it back into the house he indicates that he no longer considers it significant, and the object then assumes the legal status of an object belonging to anyone else. Abaye said: With what are we dealing here? We are dealing with a case where he threw it into the storehouse and its place is clearly discernible to the one who threw it, in that he knows where it landed. Lest you say that because its location is discernible it maintains its original status, the Mishnah teaches us that from the fact that he threw it into the storehouse, he indicated that he nullified the object’s previous significance.