Talmud for Maaser Sheni 4:3

בַּעַל הַבַּיִת אוֹמֵר בְּסֶלַע וְאַחֵר אוֹמֵר בְּסֶלַע, בַּעַל הַבַּיִת קוֹדֵם, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מוֹסִיף חֹמֶשׁ. בַּעַל הַבַּיִת אוֹמֵר בְּסֶלַע וְאַחֵר אוֹמֵר בְּסֶלַע וְאִסָּר, אֶת שֶׁל סֶלַע וְאִסָּר קוֹדֵם, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מוֹסִיף עַל הַקֶּרֶן. הַפּוֹדֶה מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי שֶׁלּוֹ, מוֹסִיף עָלָיו חֲמִשִּׁית, בֵּין שֶׁהוּא שֶׁלּוֹ וּבֵין שֶׁנִּתַּן לוֹ בְּמַתָּנָה:

If the owner says, "[I will redeem the Ma'aser Sheni] with a Selah [specific unit of money]," and another person [also] says, "With a Selah," the owner receives precedence, since he will add one fifth. If the owner says, "With a Selah," and another person says, "With a Selah and an Issar [specific unit of money]," the one who offers the Selah and Issar receives precedence, since he is adding to the principal amount. Someone who redeems his own Ma'aser Sheni adds one fifth, whether it is his own or has been given to him as a gift.

Jerusalem Talmud Demai

What is a stipulation by the Court? That one should fix the First Tithe to the North, Second Tithe to the South, and the heave of the tithe at the extreme North⁴⁴That one always should proceed in the same way any time one has produce to put in order as a matter of discipline lest one forget a step. For anybody following these rules, the first stipulation applies and good faith estimates are as valid as exact measurements. Consequently, if one does not follow this particular way of doing things, even the first stipulation is not valid.. What is a stipulation by the Court? It is that if the Second Tithe is redeemed, that which is in excess is also redeemed⁴⁵The possibility of estimating is given not only for First, but also for Second Tithe.. All this refers to dry produce; for fluids⁴⁶The method of Mishnah and Tosephta is not applicable to those fluids, wine and olive oil, which have to be tithed as Biblical commandment since these fluids will not remain static. The question is not answered; it seems that wine and olive oil must be tithed separately, the slow way.?

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