Chizkiya says that maaser sheni that has less than the value of a coin can be redeemed on a coin that was used previously to redeem maaser sheni because there must be a little bit of value still left on the coin from the last time (as people aren’t exacting in their calculations). The gemara questions this by bringing in a mishna that seems to imply that maaser sheni that gets mixed up with non maaser items is cancelled by majority. If Chizkiya is correct, then maaser should always be something that can never be cancelled in a mixture because it can be fixed – davar sheyesh lo matirin. The gemara tries to answer this question. How do we calculate the one fifth payment? Is it one fifth of the principle or one fifth of the total once the amount is added (1/4)?
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