[When] they pour him a cup, he says: ‘‘What I will leave at the bottom of the cup, let it be maaser [rishon], and the rest of the maaser [rishon] is next to it. That [portion] that I have made maaser [rishon] is made into terumas maaser for it; and maaser sheni [is] in its mouth, and is deconsecrated on the coins.’’

A laborer who does not trust [his] employer takes one dried fig and says: ‘‘This and nine [dried figs] that come after it are made into maaser rishon for the ninety [dried figs] that I will eat. This one is made into terumas maaser for them; and maaser sheni [is] in the later [ones], and is deconsecrated on the coins,’’ and he refrains [from eating] one dried fig. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: He should not refrain, because he [thereby] reduces his labor for the employer. R’ Yose says: He should not refrain, because it is a proviso of the court.

One who purchases wine from Cutheans says: ‘‘Two lugin that I will eventually separate, they are terumah; ten [lugin are] maaser [rishon], and nine [are] maaser sheni;’’ [and] he begins to drink.

[If] he has figs that are tevel in his home and he is in the study hall or in the field, he says: ‘‘Two figs that I will eventually separate, they are terumah; ten [figs are] maaser rishon, and nine [are] maaser sheni.’’ [If the figs] are demai, he says: ‘‘What I will separate tomorrow, let it be maaser [rishon], and the rest of the maaser [rishon] is next to it. That which I made maaser [rishon] is made into terumas maaser for it; and maaser sheni is on its northern or southern [side], and is deconsecrated on the coins.’’