A sealed barrel of terumah wine falls into a mixture of 1,000 sealed barrels of ordinary wine. What is the ruling?
Sealed barrels are sold by count and thus never considered insignificant (devar shebiminyan lo batel). The entire mixture is miduma regardless of ratio, until the barrels are opened.
Question 2
A sealed barrel of terumah is mixed with 100 sealed ordinary barrels, and then one barrel falls into the Mediterranean Sea. What is the ruling for the remaining 99?
Since a barrel falling into the sea is noticeable, we can presume that the one that fell was the terumah barrel. This differs from figs, which are not noticeable when they fall, requiring one fig to be set aside.
Question 3
Terumah apple puree was added to a dough and caused it to leaven. What is the status of the dough?
When terumah acts as a leavening agent or spice and its effect is manifest in the food, no standard nullification ratio applies. The entire dough becomes miduma and forbidden to non-priests.
Question 4
Which terumah vegetables, when used for pickling with ordinary produce, cause the mixture to be forbidden to non-priests?
Onions, scallions, and garlic are uniquely pungent and their flavor is inevitably imparted to whatever is pickled with them. Other vegetables do not have this quality, so ordinary produce pickled with other terumah vegetables is generally permitted.
Question 5
A pot was used to cook terumah. What must be done before it may be used to cook ordinary produce?
Unlike non-kosher food absorbed in a utensil (which requires hagalah), terumah absorbed in a pot loses significance since priests consider such residue insignificant. Washing with wine or water is sufficient — reflecting the unique leniency that applies to terumah in utensils.