Quoting%20commentary for Demai 4:6

הַנִּכְנָס לְעִיר וְאֵינוֹ מַכִּיר אָדָם שָׁם, אָמַר, מִי כָּאן נֶאֱמָן. מִי כָּאן מְעַשֵּׂר. אָמַר לוֹ אֶחָד, אֲנִי, אֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן. אָמַר לוֹ, אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי נֶאֱמָן, הֲרֵי זֶה נֶאֱמָן. הָלַךְ לִקַּח מִמֶּנּוּ, אָמַר לוֹ, מִי כָּאן מוֹכֵר יָשָׁן. אָמַר לוֹ, מִי שֶׁשְּׁלָחֲךָ אֶצְלִי, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵן כְּגוֹמְלִין זֶה אֶת זֶה, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמָנִין:

If one enters a city and doesn't know any person there, he says, "Who here is trustworthy? Who here tithes?" If a person replies "I am," he is not trusted. If he said, "so-and-so person is trustworthy," he is trusted. If he goes to buy from him and says to him, "Who here sells <i>Yashan</i> [grain from the previous year that one is permitted to eat]?" If he replies, "The person that sent you to me", even though it is as if they are rendering services to each other, they are trusted.

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