and likewise

<<the Jordan

<<which took

<<from this one

<<and gave

<<to that one —

<<what

<<it took

<<it took,

<<and what

<<it gave

<<it gave.

It is well

<<a robber

<<and the Jordan,

<<for he sees

<<them

<<and despairs.

<<But

<<a thief —

<<does

<<he see

<<him,

<<that he despairs?

<<Explained it

<<Rav Pappa

<<as with an armed

<<bandit.

<<If so,

<<that is the same as

<<a robber!

<<Two

<<kinds of

<<robber.

Come and hear:

<<if swept away

<<a river

<<his beams,

<<his wood

<<or his stones,

<<and put them

<<into

<<the field of

<<his fellow —

<<these

<<are his,

<<because

<<they have despaired —

<<the owners.

<<The reason is

<<that they despaired —

<<the owners;

<<but

<<unspecified

<<no!

<<Here with what are we dealing?

<<Where he can

<<save it.

If so,

<<say

<<the latter clause:

<<if

<<were

<<the owners

<<pursuing

<<after them —

<<he is obligated

<<to return it.

<<If

<<where they can

<<save it —

<<what

<<is the relevance of

<<pursuing?

<<Even

<<if they are not

<<pursuing

<<also!

<<Here with what are we dealing?

<<Where they can

<<save it

<<by

<<means of

<<exertion:

<<pursuing —

<<they have not

<<despaired;

<<not

<<pursuing

<<— despairing

<<they have despaired.

Come and hear:

<<how

<<did they say

<<that one who separates terumah

<<without

<<knowledge —

<<his terumah

<<is terumah?

<<Where

<<he went down

<<into

<<the field of

<<his fellow

<<and gathered

<<and separated

<<without

<<permission:

<<if

<<he is concerned

<<on account of

<<robbery —

<<is not

<<his terumah

<<terumah;

<<and if

<<not —

<<his terumah

<<is terumah;

And from where

<<does he

<<know

<<whether

<<he is concerned

<<on account of

<<robbery

<<or

<<not?

<<Where

<<came

<<the householder

<<and found him,

<<and said

<<to him:

<<“go

<<to

<<the better ones”.

<<if

<<there were found

<<better ones

<<than them —

<<his terumah

<<is terumah;

<<and if

<<not —

<<is not

<<his terumah

<<terumah.

<<If gathered

<<the owners

<<and added

<<to them —

<<whether

<<this way

<<or

<<that way

<<his terumah

<<is terumah.

And when

<<there were found

<<better ones

<<than them

<<his terumah

<<is terumah —

<<why?

<<At the time

<<that he separated

<<but

<<he did not

<<have

<<known!

<<Explained it

<<Rava

<<according to

<<Abaye:

<<where he made him

<<an agent.

So too

<<it stands to reason,

<<for if

<<it enters your mind

<<that he did not

<<make him

<<an agent —

<<would

<<be

<<his terumah

<<terumah?

<<But

<<“you”,

<<“also

<<you”

<<said

<<the Merciful One,

<<to include

<<your agents:

<<just as

<<you

<<are with your knowledge,

<<so too

<<your agents

<<with your knowledge.

Rather,

<<Here with what are we dealing?

<<Such as

<<where he made him

<<an agent,

<<and said to him:

<<“go

<<separate terumah”,

<<and did not

<<say

<<to him

<<“separate

<<from these”.

<<And the plain intent

<<the householder

<<when

<<he separates

<<is from middling

<<(it is)

<<that he separates;

<<and went

<<he

<<and separated

<<from the better,

<<and came

<<the householder

<<and found him

<<and said to him:

<<“go

<<to

<<the better ones”:

<<if

<<there were found

<<better ones

<<than them —

<<his terumah

<<is terumah;

<<and if

<<not —

<<is not

<<his terumah

<<terumah.

Ameimar

<<and Mar Zutra

<<and Rav Ashi

<<happened

<<upon the orchard

<<of Mari bar Isak.

<<Brought

<<his tenant farmer

<<dates

<<and pomegranates

<<and set them

<<before them.

<<Ameimar

<<and Rav Ashi

<<ate;

<<Mar Zutra

<<did not

<<eat.

<<Meanwhile

<<came

<<Mari bar Isak,

<<found them,

<<and said to him —

<<to his tenant farmer:

<<why

<<did you not

<<bring

<<to them —

<<to the Rabbis —

<<from those

<<finer ones?

Ameimar said to him

<<and Rav Ashi

<<to Mar Zutra:

<<now

<<why

<<does not

<<eat

<<the master?

<<But it was taught:

<<if

<<there were found

<<better ones

<<than them —

<<his terumah

<<is terumah!

<<He said to them:

<<thus

<<Rava said:

<<they did not

<<say

<<“go

<<to

<<the better ones”

<<except

<<with regard to

<<terumah

<<alone,

<<because

<<a mitzvah

<<it is

<<and it pleases

<<him;

<<but

<<here

<<because of

<<embarrassment

<<it is

<<that he said

<<so.

Come and hear:

<<while still

<<the dew

<<is on them

<<and he was glad —

<<this

<<is in “if it be put”.

<<If they dried,

<<even though

<<he was glad