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Talmud for Maaser Sheni 4:10

הַמּוֹצֵא כְלִי וְכָתוּב עָלָיו קָרְבָּן, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אִם הָיָה שֶׁל חֶרֶס, הוּא חֻלִּין וּמַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכוֹ קָרְבָּן. וְאִם הָיָה שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת, הוּא קָרְבָּן וּמַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכוֹ חֻלִּין. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אֵין דֶּרֶךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם לִהְיוֹת כּוֹנְסִין חֻלִּין לְקָרְבָּן:

One who finds a vessel and upon it is written, "Sacrifice," Rabbi Yehuda says, if it is made of clay, it is <i>Chulin</i> and what is inside of it is a sacrifice. If it is made of metal, it is a sacrifice and what is inside of it is <i>Chulin</i>. They said to him: It is not the way of men to gather <i>Chulin</i> in a sacrifice.

Jerusalem Talmud Maaser Sheni

MISHNAH: All found coins140The Maimonides autograph Mishnah and the Cambridge codex of the Galilean Mishnah add: “in Jerusalem”. But in Jerusalem during the holidays, all coins found are considered tithe money, and the rest of the year coins found in the animal market are presumed to be tithe money since the main use of tithe money is for well-being sacrifices; Mishnah Šeqalim7:2. Therefore, the text here is preferable and the meaning is that coins found anywhere, except in Jerusalem in the few instances enumerated in Šeqalim 7:2, are to be considered profane. are profane, even gold denars with silver or change141Here one could argue that silver and change are the tithe exchange for the gold coin which was the original tithe money.. If one found with them a potsherd reading “tithe”, it is tithe.
If one finds a vessel inscribed “sacrifice”, Rebbi Jehudah said, if it was pottery it is profane and its contents sacrifice142A clay pot is too cheap to have been dedicated to the Temple. Therefore, only its contents are dedicated. The Sages do not oppose this statement., but if it was metal it is sacrifice and its contents profane143Everybody agrees that metal vessels are valuable enough to be dedicated. Therefore, the vessel has to be considered Temple property (it cannot be a sacrifice). R, Jehudah holds that without further evidence, the contents of the vessel have to be considered profane, but the anonymous Sages hold that nobody uses a dedicated vessel to store profane material.. They said to him, people do not put profane in sacrifice [vessels].
If one finds a vessel inscribed ק it means sacrifice, מ tithe, ד demay, ט ṭevel, ת heave since in times of danger one wrote ת for heave144This proves the status of anything in the vessel. Again “sacrifice” means “dedicated to the Temple”.. Rebbi Yose says, all these are people’s names145Everything is profane.. Rebbi Yose said, even if he found an amphora full of produce and inscribed “heave”, these are profane since I say last year it was full of tithe produce but he emptied it.
If somebody said to his son, “Second Tithe is in that corner” but he found it in another corner, that is profane146We assume the tithe was removed and what was found in another corner is other produce. Since 100 denar (a talent) are a part of 200, one assumes that 100 was taken and 100 remains. On the other hand, 100 cannot grow to 200; 100 must be new money.. “There is a talent” but he found 200, the remainder is profane. “200” and he found 100, all is tithe.
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