Related%20passage for Yevamot 7:1

אַלְמָנָה לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, גְּרוּשָׁה וַחֲלוּצָה לְכֹהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, הִכְנִיסָה לוֹ עַבְדֵי מְלוֹג וְעַבְדֵי צֹאן בַּרְזֶל, עַבְדֵי מְלוֹג לֹא יֹאכְלוּ בַתְּרוּמָה, עַבְדֵי צֹאן בַּרְזֶל יֹאכֵלוּ. וְאֵלּוּ הֵן עַבְדֵי מְלוֹג, אִם מֵתוּ, מֵתוּ לָהּ, וְאִם הוֹתִירוּ, הוֹתִירוּ לָהּ. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא חַיָּב בִּמְזוֹנוֹתָן, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ לֹא יֹאכְלוּ בַתְּרוּמָה. וְאֵלּוּ הֵן עַבְדֵי צֹאן בַּרְזֶל, אִם מֵתוּ, מֵתוּ לוֹ, וְאִם הוֹתִירוּ, הוֹתִירוּ לוֹ. הוֹאִיל וְהוּא חַיָּב בְּאַחֲרָיוּתָן, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יֹאכְלוּ בַתְּרוּמָה:

A widow to a high-priest, a divorcée or a chalutzah to a regular priest — if she brought to him melog bondsmen [What the woman leaves to herself and does not write into her kethubah is called "nichsei melog" ("plucking property"), for the husband "plucks" them, as chickens are plucked. For he eats the fruits of that property, and if they decrease (in value), they decrease for her; and if they increase, they increase for her] and tzon-barzel bondsmen [Nichsei tzon-barzel is the property that she brings in to him and which is written into the kethubah: "This and this is what I (the husband) pledge for her kethubah." It is called "tzon-barzel," for the principal remains like "iron." For if they all die, the husband must make restitution. And since they were wont to count the sheep (tzon) thus, and the shepherd was held accountable for them, even if they all died, the property for which the husband assumed responsibility was called "nichsei tzon barzel."] — the melog bondsmen do not eat terumah [for they are hers, and she is a chalalah], and the tzon-barzel bondsmen do eat. And these are melog bondsmen: If they die, they die unto her; and if they increase, they increase unto her. Though he (the husband) is obliged to feed them, they do not eat terumah. And these are tzon-barzel bondsmen: If they die, they die unto him; and if they increase, they increase unto him. Since he must make restitution (if they are lost), they eat terumah.

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