8שְׁלֹשָׁה דִּינִין לְחַלָּה בְּשָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת. כָּל הָאָרֶץ שֶׁהֶחֱזִיקוּ בָּהּ עוֹלֵי בָּבֶל עַד כְּזִיב מַפְרִישִׁין בָּהּ חַלָּה אַחַת כַּשִּׁעוּר וְהִיא נֶאֱכֶלֶת לַכֹּהֲנִים. וּשְׁאָר אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֶחֱזִיקוּ בָּהּ עוֹלֵי מִצְרַיִם וְלֹא עוֹלֵי בָּבֶל שֶׁהִיא מִכְּזִיב וְעַד אֲמָנָה מַפְרִישִׁין בָּהּ שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת הָאַחַת נִשְׂרֶפֶת וְהָאַחַת נֶאֱכֶלֶת. וּמִפְּנֵי מָה מַפְרִישִׁין בָּהּ שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַחַלָּה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה טְמֵאָה שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא נִתְקַדְּשָׁה אוֹתָהּ הָאָרֶץ בִּימֵי עֶזְרָא. וּקְדֻשָּׁה רִאשׁוֹנָה בָּטְלָה מִשֶּׁגָּלוּ. וְהוֹאִיל וְהִיא אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַפְרִישִׁין בָּהּ חַלָּה אֶחָד מֵאַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמוֹנָה וְשׂוֹרְפִין אוֹתָהּ. וּמַפְרִישִׁין חַלָּה שְׁנִיָּה וְנוֹתְנִין אוֹתָהּ לַכֹּהֵן לְאָכְלָהּ. כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ תְּרוּמָה טְהוֹרָה נִשְׂרֶפֶת שֶׁהֲרֵי נִשְׂרְפָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִטְמְאָה טֻמְאָה יְדוּעָה לַכּל. וְזוֹ שְׁנִיָּה אֵין לָהּ שִׁעוּר אֶלָּא כָּל שֶׁרוֹצֶה מַפְרִישׁ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא מִדִּבְרֵיהֶם. וְכָל הָאָרֶץ מֵאֲמָנָה וְלַחוּץ בֵּין בְּסוּרְיָא בֵּין בִּשְׁאָר הָאֲרָצוֹת מַפְרִישִׁין שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת. אַחַת לִשְׂרֵפָה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ רָאִינוּ תְּרוּמָה טְמֵאָה נֶאֱכֶלֶת. וְאַחַת לַאֲכִילָה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁתַּכַּח תּוֹרַת חַלָּה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל. וְהוֹאִיל וְזוֹ וְזוֹ מִדִּבְרֵיהֶם מוּטָב לְרַבּוֹת בַּנֶּאֱכֶלֶת לְפִיכָךְ שֶׁל שְׂרֵפָה אֵין לָהּ שִׁעוּר אֶלָּא כָּל שֶׁהוּא. וְשֶׁל אֲכִילָה אֶחָד מִמ"ח. וּמֻתֶּרֶת לְזָבִים וּלְזָבוֹת וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר לִשְׁאָר טְמֵאִים:
There are three different sets of laws that apply to challah in three different lands. In the entire area that was settled by those who returned from Babylonia until Kziv, one challah should be separated according to the appropriate measure and the priests may partake of it. In the remaining portions of Eretz Yisrael that were settled by the Jews who came out of Egypt, but not by those who returned from Babylonia - i.e., from Kziv until Amanah - two challot should be separated. One should be burnt and one should be eaten. Why do we separate two challot there? Because the first challah is impure, because this land was not sanctified in the time of Ezra and the first sanctification was nullified after the Jews were exiled. [Nevertheless,] since [the land] is from Eretz Yisrael, a challah - one forty-eighth [of the dough] is separated and is burnt. A second challah is also separated and given to a priest to eat, so that people will not say that pure terumah should be burnt. For the first challah was burnt even though it did not contract impurity in a manner that was known to all. This second challah does not have a minimum measure. Instead, one may separate whatever he desires, because it is a Rabbinic ordinance. In all of the lands from Amanah and beyond, whether in Syria or other lands, two challot should be separated: One is burnt so that people should not say we saw impure terumah being eaten and one is eaten so that the laws of challah will not be forgotten by the Jewish people. [Since] both of these are Rabbinic institutions, it is preferable to make the one that is eaten larger. Accordingly, there is no minimum measure for the one that is burnt. Even the slightest amount [is acceptable]. The one which is eaten should be one forty-eighth [of the dough]. It is permitted to be eaten by zavim and zavot- and needless to say, other people who are ritually impure.
