Maaseros 2:5-6

Maasros 2:5

If one person is gathering figs and another person gives him a coin for five of them, Rabbi Meir says that he may not eat them until he has tithed them. Rabbi Yehuda says that he is exempt if he eats them individually but liable if he eats them together. Rabbi Yehuda supported his position by citing an incident that occurred in Jerusalem where three or four figs were sold for a coin and they were never tithed.

Maasros 2:6

If one person offers another a coin to let him select ten (untithed) figs off of the tree, he may select and eat them (individually, as in 2:5). If he gives him a coin to select a cluster of (untithed) grapes off the vine, he may pick the grapes off the cluster and eat them. To select a pomegranate, he may pick out the seeds and eat them. To select a melon, he may cut slices and eat them. If he said, “for these 20 figs,” “for these two clusters,” “for these two pomegranates” or “for these two melons” (i.e., for produce he has already selected), he may eat them untithed without restrictions because he bought them while they were still attached to the ground.