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Related for Demai 2:3

הַמְקַבֵּל עָלָיו לִהְיוֹת חָבֵר, אֵינוֹ מוֹכֵר לְעַם הָאָרֶץ לַח וְיָבֵשׁ, וְאֵינוֹ לוֹקֵחַ מִמֶּנּוּ לַח, וְאֵינוֹ מִתְאָרֵח אֵצֶל עַם הָאָרֶץ, וְלֹא מְאָרְחוֹ אֶצְלוֹ בִּכְסוּתוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף לֹא יְגַדֵּל בְּהֵמָה דַקָּה, וְלֹא יְהֵא פָרוּץ בִּנְדָרִים וּבִשְׂחוֹק, וְלֹא יְהֵא מִטַּמֵּא לְמֵתִים, וּמְשַׁמֵּשׁ בְּבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, לֹא בָאוּ אֵלּוּ לַכְּלָל:

One who takes it upon himself to be a <i>Chaver</i> [one who scrupulously observes tithes and purity laws] may not sell to an ignorant person wet or dry [produce], nor buy from him wet [produce], nor be the guest of an <i>Am HaAretz</i> nor host him as a guest [when he is clothed] in his [own] garments. Rabbi Yehudah says, “He may not even raise small animals, nor be unrestrained regarding vows and entertainment, nor become defiled by [contact with] a corpse, and frequent the house of study.” They said to him, “These are not included in the general principle.”

Tosefta Demai

One takes upon himself four obligations that are placed on him to be a "chaver" (see Dem. 2:3): (1) he does not sell terumah or ma'aser to an am ha'aretz [a Jew who is not scrupulous in his observance, including the laws of purity and tithing], (2) he does not engage in cleanliness [?] at the home of an am ha'aretz, and (3) he [only] eats unconsecrated meat in a [state of] ritual cleanliness. [Note: per the GR"A, we add (4) he does not sell [Demai] to an am ha'aretz.]
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