Related%20passage for Maaser Sheni 4:11

הַמּוֹצֵא כְלִי וְכָתוּב עָלָיו קוּ"ף, קָרְבָּן. מ', מַעֲשֵׂר. ד', דְּמַאי. ט', טֶבֶל. ת', תְּרוּמָה, שֶׁבִּשְׁעַת סַכָּנָה הָיוּ כוֹתְבִין ת' תַּחַת תְּרוּמָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, כֻּלָּם שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם הֵם. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, אֲפִלּוּ מָצָא חָבִית וְהִיא מְלֵאָה פֵרוֹת וְכָתוּב עָלֶיהָ תְּרוּמָה, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ חֻלִּין, שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹמֵר אֶשְׁתָּקַד הָיְתָה מְלֵאָה פֵרוֹת תְּרוּמָה, וּפִנָּהּ:

One who finds a vessel and upon it is written "<i>Kuf</i>" [Hebrew letter, which begins the Hebrew word for sacrifice], it is a sacrifice. [If it has a] "<i>Mem</i>" [Hebrew letter, which begins the Hebrew word for tithes], it is tithes. [If it has a] "<i>Daled</i>" [Hebrew letter], it is <i>Demai</i>. [If it has a] "<i>Tet</i>" [Hebrew letter], it is <i>Tevel</i> [untithed produce]. [If it has a] "<i>Taf</i>" [Hebrew letter], it is <i>Terumah</i> [produce consecrated for priestly consumption], for at a dangerous time they would write "<i>Taf</i>" instead of "<i>Terumah</i>." Rabbi Yossi says that these are all [initials for] the names of people. Rabbi Yossi said, "Even if one found a barrel and it is full of fruit and upon it is written, "<i>Terumah</i>," these are <i>Chulin</i>, because I say that it was last filled with <i>Terumah</i> fruit, and he emptied [them]."

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