Challah, Chapter 4, Mishnah 11 - the final mishnah of Maseches Challah. This mishnah continues the previous one, which dealt with various cases of people who brought produce and gifts from outside the Land of Israel, and it too opens with an incident of this sort.
Ben Antinos and the Firstborn Animals from Bavel:
"Ben Antinos he'elah bechoros mi'Bavel, ve'lo kiblu mimenu" - a man named Ben Antinos brought up firstborn animals from Bavel to the Land of Israel, and they did not accept them from him.
The reason: the verse links the law of bringing up Maaser Sheni to Jerusalem together with firstborn animals - "your firstborn of your cattle and of your flock." From here the Sifri derives that from the place from which you bring the tithe of grain, from there you bring firstborn animals, but not from anywhere else.
Yosef the Kohen and the Bikkurim of Wine and Oil:
"Yosef ha'Kohen heivi bikurei yayin va'shemen, ve'lo kiblu mimenu" - he brought up Bikkurim in liquid form, wine and oil, and they did not accept it from him. At first glance this is difficult: we learned in a mishnah in Maseches Terumos that one does not bring Bikkurim in liquid form, except for what comes from olives and from grapes, and this case of wine and oil seems to fit that permission exactly.
The Yerushalmi explains that the ruling in Maseches Terumos permitting one to bring up wine and oil applies specifically when, at the time of the grape harvest and the olive pressing, he intended from the outset to make wine from the grapes and oil from the olives. In our case that was not so; rather, he turned them into wine and oil only afterwards, and therefore they did not accept it from him.
Bringing Up the Members of His Household for Pesach Sheni:
"Af hu he'elah es banav ve'es bnei beiso la'asos Pesach katan bi'Yerushalayim, ve'hechezirihu, she'lo yikva ha'davar chovah" - Yosef the Kohen brought up his sons and the members of his household to make the second Pesach in Jerusalem, since they had missed the first Pesach, and they sent them back, so that the matter should not become established as an obligation and a commitment.
Two approaches are offered in explaining this:
His minor sons: Some understand that he brought his young children up with him so that they would fulfill the mitzvah of appearing at the Beis HaMikdash. But minors are obligated in appearing only on the first Pesach and not on the occasions that follow - only three festivals a year, and Pesach Sheni is not one of them. Therefore they sent them back, so that the matter should not be taken on as an obligation.
His wife: And some understand that the reference is to his wife, since women are not obligated in Pesach Sheni but rather it is optional for them, and they did not want the matter to become established as an obligation.
Ariston and the Bikkurim of Apamea:
"Ariston heivi bikurav me'Apamia, ve'kiblu mimenu, mipnei she'amru: ha'koneh b'Surya - k'koneh ba'parvar she'bi'Yerushalayim" - Ariston brought his Bikkurim from Apamea in Syria, and they accepted them from him, because one who buys a field in Syria is like one who buys in the outskirts of Jerusalem, and it is considered, regarding Bikkurim, to have the status of the Land of Israel. However, as we learned earlier, regarding Terumah, Syria is considered outside the Land, and one does not bring Terumah from there.
With this we have completed Maseches Challah. We hope you will join us for the next tractate - Maseches Orlah.