Reference for Meilah 6:5

הַמַּפְקִיד מָעוֹת אֵצֶל הַשֻּׁלְחָנִי, אִם צְרוּרִין, לֹא יִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶם. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם הוֹצִיא, מָעַל. אִם מֻתָּרִים, יִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם הוֹצִיא, לֹא מָעַל. אֵצֶל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ, לֹא יִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶם. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם הוֹצִיא, מָעַל. הַחֶנְוָנִי כְּבַעַל הַבַּיִת, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כְּשֻׁלְחָנִי:

One who deposits money with a money changer, if they are wrapped up [in a bundle] he [the money changer] may not use them. Therefore if he spent it [and then he finds out that it belongs to the Temple] he has violated <i>meilah</i>. If they are loose he [the money changer] may use them, therefore if he spent them he has not violated <i>meilah</i>. [If he deposited the money] with private owner, in either case he [the private owner] may not use them. Therefore if he spent [the money], he [the private owner] violated <i>meilah</i>. A storekeeper is considered a private owner, says Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehudah says, he is considered a money changer.

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