Talmud for Meilah 6:2

שָׁלַח בְּיַד חֵרֵשׁ, שׁוֹטֶה, וְקָטָן, אִם עָשׂוּ שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ, בַּעַל הַבַּיִת מָעַל. לֹא עָשׂוּ שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ, הַחֶנְוָנִי מָעַל. שָׁלַח בְּיַד פִּקֵּחַ, וְנִזְכַּר עַד שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ אֵצֶל הַחֶנְוָנִי, הַחֶנְוָנִי מָעַל כְּשֶׁיּוֹצִיא. כֵּיצַד יַעֲשֶׂה. נוֹטֵל פְּרוּטָה אוֹ כְלִי וְיֹאמַר, פְּרוּטָה שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהִיא, מְחֻלֶּלֶת עַל זֶה, שֶׁהַהֶקְדֵּשׁ נִפְדֶּה בְכֶסֶף וּבְשָׁוֶה כָסֶף:

If [an owner] sent [money belonging to the Temple] in the hands of a deaf-mute, an insane person, or a minor [to purchase something for him from the storekeeper], and they carried out his instructions, the owner has violated <i>meilah</i>. If they do not follow their instructions, the store owner has violated <i>meilah</i>. If he sent it in the hands of a normal person and he remembered before he [the emissary] got to the store keeper, the store keeper violated <i>meilah</i> when he eventually spends the money. What should he [the owner] do [so that the storekeeper does not violate <i>meilah</i>?] He should take a peruta or a vessel [worth a peruta] and say: The perutah belonging to the Temple where ever it is may be deconsecrated on this [peruta or vessel], for items that belong to the Temple can be redeemed with money or items worth money.

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