Reference for Meilah 5:4
נָטַל אֶבֶן אוֹ קוֹרָה שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ, הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא מָעַל. נְתָנָהּ לַחֲבֵרוֹ, הוּא מָעַל וַחֲבֵרוֹ לֹא מָעַל. בְּנָאָהּ בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא מָעַל, עַד שֶׁיָּדוּר תַּחְתֶּיהָ בְּשָׁוֶה פְרוּטָה. נָטַל פְּרוּטָה שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ, הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא מָעַל. נְתָנָהּ לַחֲבֵרוֹ, הוּא מָעַל וַחֲבֵרוֹ לֹא מָעַל. נְתָנָהּ לַבַּלָּן, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא רָחַץ, מָעַל, שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר לוֹ, הֲרֵי מֶרְחָץ פְּתוּחָה, הִכָּנֵס וּרְחֹץ:
If one took a stone or a beam from the Temple [treasury], he has not committed <i>meilah</i>. If he gave it to his friend, he has violated <i>meilah</i>, but his friend has not violated <i>meilah</i>. If he built it into his house, he had not violated <i>meilah</i> until he lives under it for a value of a <i>perutah</i>. If one took a <i>perutah</i> from the Temple [treasury] he has not violated <i>meilah</i>. If he gave it to his friend, he has violated <i>meilah</i>, but his friend has not violated <i>meilah</i>. If he gave it to a bath house attendant [as a fee] even though he did not bathe he has violated <i>meilah</i>, because the attendant will say to him, "The bathhouse is open to you, come in and bathe."
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