Talmud for Maaser Sheni 3:2

אֵין לוֹקְחִין תְּרוּמָה בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְמַעֵט בַּאֲכִילָתוֹ, וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מַתִּיר. אָמַר לָהֶם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, מָה אִם הֵקֵל בְּזִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים, שֶׁהוּא מְבִיאָן לִידֵי פִגּוּל וְנוֹתָר וְטָמֵא, לֹא נָקֵל בַּתְּרוּמָה. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, מָה אִם הֵקֵל בְּזִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים, שֶׁהֵן מֻתָּרִים לְזָרִים, נָקֵל בַּתְּרוּמָה, שֶׁהִיא אֲסוּרָה לְזָרִים:

<i>Terumah</i> [produce consecrated for priestly consumption] may not be bought with <i>Ma'aser Sheni</i> [second tithe, which must be eaten in Jerusalem] money, because [the number of] those who may eat of it is reduced. But Rabbi Shimon allows it. Rabbi Shimon said to them - If we rule leniently in the case of <i>Shelamim</i> [peace offerings], which can bring them to become <i>Pigul</i> [sacrifice made unfit because of improper intentions] or <i>Notar</i> [sacrifice made unfit because it was left too long uneaten] or impure, why would we not also rule leniently regarding <i>Terumah</i>? They said to him: If we rule leniently in the case of <i>Shelamim</i>, which are permitted to non-priests, shall we rule leniently regarding <i>Terumah</i>, which is forbidden to non-priests?

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