Talmud for Maaser Sheni 1:3

הַלּוֹקֵחַ בְּהֵמָה לְזִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים, אוֹ חַיָּה לִבְשַׂר תַּאֲוָה, יָצָא הָעוֹר לְחֻלִּין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָעוֹר מְרֻבֶּה עַל הַבָּשָׂר. כַּדֵּי יַיִן סְתוּמוֹת, מְקוֹם שֶׁדַּרְכָּן לִמְכֹּר סְתוּמוֹת, יָצָא קַנְקַן לְחֻלִּין. הָאֱגוֹזִים וְהַשְּׁקֵדִים, יָצְאוּ קְלִפֵּיהֶם לְחֻלִּין. הַתֶּמֶד, עַד שֶׁלֹּא הֶחְמִיץ, אֵינוֹ נִלְקָח בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר. וּמִשֶּׁהֶחְמִיץ, נִלְקָח בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר:

If a person buys an animal for a Shelamim [peace offering], or a beast for meat consumption, the hide is Chulin [non-sacred produce], even if the hide is greater [in value] than the meat. Sealed jugs of wine: in a place where the custom is to sell them sealed, the pitcher is Chulin. Nuts and almonds: their shells are Chulin. Grape-skin wine before it has fermented may not be bought with tithe money. Once it has fermented, it may be bought with tithe money.

Jerusalem Talmud Maaser Sheni

MISHNAH: If somebody buys a domestic animal for a well-being offering⁹²This is the main purpose of bringing Second Tithe money to Jerusalem, to buy there animals to eat “before the Eternal, your God” (Deut. 14:26). Most of the well-being offering is consumed by the family of the donor. or a wild animal⁹³Wild animals, from the list Deut. 14:5, can never become sacrifices and are intrinsically profane. They are mentioned here only because of Mishnah 4. for meat of desire⁹⁴The biblical expression (Deut. 11:15) for profane meat slaughtered outside the holy precinct., the hide becomes profane even though it may be worth more than the meat⁹⁵The hide, as part of the live animal, has been paid for by tithe money. After the meat has been consumed according to the rules of tithe money, the hide may be used or sold as fully profane. The Halakhah will restrict this to non-professional transactions.. [If he buys] sealed wine jugs at a place where jugs usually are sold sealed⁹⁶Wine is not usually sold from the barrel so that the jug would be an intrinsic part of the deal., the pitcher becomes profane. The shells of walnuts and almonds become profane⁹⁷And may be used as fuel or for tanning.. Afterwine before it fermented cannot be bought with tithe money⁹⁸It is water which may not be bought with tithe money, Mishnah 5.; after it fermented it may be bought with tithe money.
If somebody buys a wild animal for a well-being offering⁹⁹A wild animal can never be a sacrifice. Since the animal cannot be eaten in the way it was intended, the hide cannot lose its status of tithe money. If the hide is sold, the proceeds are still tithe money and must be spent on food in Jerusalem. or a domestic animal for meat of desire¹⁰⁰The Halakhah will explain that domestic animals bought with tithe money must be used as sacrifices., the hide does not become profane. [If he buys] open wine jugs or sealed ones at a place where wine usually is sold from the barrel, the pitcher does not become profane. [If he buys] baskets of figs and baskets of grapes sold with the vessel, the price money of the vessel does not become profane¹⁰¹In the last two cases, the buyer will be charged separately for pitcher or basket. Since these are not edible, they should be paid for with non-tithe money..

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