We may feed paupers demai, and traveling soldiers demai. Rabban Gamliel would feed his workers demai. [Regarding] charity officials, Beis Shammai says: They [must] give the tithed [food] to [a pauper] who does not tithe, and the untithed [food] to one who tithes. Thus, each person eats fixed [food]. But the Sages say: They collect indiscriminately and they distribute indiscriminately, and whoever wishes to fix [the food] should fix [it].

One who wishes to trim the leaves of vegetables to lighten his burden may not discard [the leaves] until he tithes [them]. One who purchases vegetables in the market and decides to return [them] may not return [them] until he tithes [them], since [the transaction] is lacking nothing but counting. [If] one was standing and purchasing [a load of vegetables], and saw another load better than [the first], it is permitted to return [the first load], since he did not draw [it].

[If] one finds fruit on the road and picks it up to eat, and then decides to place [it] in a sheltered spot [instead], he may not place [it] in a sheltered spot until he tithes [it]. But if he initially picked it up so that it not be destroyed, he is exempt [from tithing it]. Whatever a person is not permitted to sell [in a state of] demai, he may not send to his friend [in a state of] demai. R’ Yose permits [sending] definitely [untithed produce], provided that he informs him.

[If] one takes wheat to a Cuthean miller or to a miller who is an am haaretz, it retains its [original] status with respect to tithes and sheviis; to a heathen miller, [it is] demai. [If] one deposits his fruit with a Cuthean or with an am haaretz, it retains its [orig-inal] status with respect to tithes and sheviis; with a heathen, it's [status] is like [the heathen's] fruit. R’ Shimon says: it is demai.

One who gives [food] to the proprietress of an inn must tithe that which he gives her, and that which he takes back from her because she is suspected of exchanging [the food]. R’ Yose said: We are not responsible for connivers, he tithes only that which he takes back from her.

One who gives [food] to his mother-in-law must tithe that which he gives her and that which he takes back from her because she is suspected of exchanging that which spoils. R’ Yehudah said: She desires the well-being of her daughter and is embarrassed on ac-count of her son-in-law. R’ Yehudah agrees in the case of one who gives his mother-in-law [produce during] sheviis that she is not suspected of exchanging [it and thus] feeding her daughter sheviis [produce].

[If] one purchases fruit from someone who is not trusted regarding tithes, and forgets to tithe it, and asks [the seller] on the Sabbath, he may eat [the fruit based] on [the seller’s] word. [With] the onset of darkness at the departure of the Sabbath, he may not eat [it] until he separates tithes. [If] he did not find [the seller], [and] someone [else] who is not trusted regarding tithes said [to him]: ‘‘[The fruit] is tithed,’’ he may eat [it based] on his word. [With] the onset of darkness at the departure of the Sabbath, he may not eat [it] until he separates tithes. [Regarding] terumas maaser of demai which returned to its place, R’ Shimon Shezuri says: Even on a weekday, one may ask [the seller] and eat [the fruit based] on his word.

[If] one imposes a vow on his fellow that he should eat with him, and [his fellow] does not trust him regarding tithes, he may eat with him on the first Sabbath, even though he does not trust [the host] regarding tithes, provided that [the host] says to him: ‘‘[The food] is tithed.’’ But on the second Sabbath, even though [the host] vowed that [his fellow] not have ben-efit from him, he may not eat unless he separates the tithes.

R’ Eliezer says: One does not need to verbally designate maasar ani from demai. But the Sages say: One verbally designates [it], but he does not need to separate [it].

One who designated terumas maaser of demai, or maasar ani of definite [tevel], may not take them on the Sabbath. But if a Kohen or a pauper are accustomed to eat with him, they may come and eat [the tithes], provided that he informs them.

[If] one says to a person who is not trusted regarding tithes, ‘‘Purchase [produce] for me from someone who is trustworthy,’’ or ‘‘from someone who tithes,’’ [the agent] is not believed. [If he says, ‘‘Purchase produce] from So-and-So,’’ [the agent] is believed. [If the agent] went to buy from him, and said to [the one who sent him], ‘‘I did not find him, so I purchased [produce] for you from another [seller] who is trustworthy,’’ he is not believed.

[If] one enters a city and does not know anyone there, [and] said, ‘‘Who here is trust-worthy? Who here tithes?’’ [If] someone said to him, ‘‘I am [trustworthy],’’ he is not be-lieved. [If the informant] said to him, ‘‘So-and-So is trustworthy,’’ he is believed. [If] he went to buy from [that person, and] said to him, ‘‘Who here sells old [produce]?,’’ [and the seller] said to him, ‘‘The one who sent you to me,’’ even though [it appears] as if they are exchanging favors with one another, they are believed.

[If] donkey-drivers entered a town, [and] one [of them] said: ‘‘My [produce] is new, but my colleagues is old. My [produce] is not fixed, but my colleagues is fixed,’’ they are not believed. R’ Yehudah says: They are believed.

[If] someone buys from a baker, how does he tithe [what he has bought]? He takes [a quantity] sufficient for terumas maaser and challah and says ‘‘One hundredth of what is here [in the entire loaf], let it be maaser [rishon] on this side, and the rest of the maaser [rishon] is next to it. This [hundredth] that I have made maaser [rishon] is made into te-rumas maaser for it, and the rest is challah; the maaser sheni is in its northern or south-ern [side], and it is deconsecrated on the coins.’’

One who wishes to separate terumah and terumas maaser at one time, takes one [part] from thirty-three and a third, and says: ‘‘One hundredth of what there is here [in the pile], which is on this side, is chullin, and the rest is terumah for the whole [pile]. The hundredth chullin that is here, which is on this side, is maaser [rishon], and the rest of the maaser [rishon] is next to it; that which I made maaser [rishon], is [now] made into terumas maaser for it, and the rest is challah. The maaser sheni is on its northern or southern [side], and is deconsecrated on the coins.’’

One who buys from a baker may tithe from hot [bread] for cold [bread], and from cold [bread] for hot, even from many forms; these are the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehudah for-bids, for I say: The wheat of yesterday was from one [person], and that of today was from another. R’ Shimon forbids with [respect to] terumas maaser, and permits with [respect to] challah.