[Avodah] Rabbi Meir Chayesh l'meutei versus Rav Meir in relation to separating terumah on shabbas

[Chana Luntz]

Something on the recent daf yomi at the moment, that I am sure somebody
discusses somewhere (and I may even have come across it somewhere so any
pointers would be appreciated):

On Chullin 14b the sugya discussing breira is brought, including the
machlokus between Rabbi Meir and others regarding whether one can drink wine
on shabbas from which one had only designated the wine which will remain
after shabbas as the trumos and ma'asros.  And the others object to Rabbi
Meir's solution to use breira on the grounds that the wine cask may break,
and then it will result that no trumos and ma'asros ended up being taken,
while Rabbi Meir is not concerned for this possibility.

But how does that reconcile with Rabbi Meir's other famous position, namely
that he is chayesh l'meutei - ie concerned for minority cases (brought most
recently on daf 11b).

Why is the barrel breaking not a minority case, just like a katan or katana
turning out to be an ailanis? And surely both are cases where it is possible
to be mevarer, if you wait long enough, so the exception to the rule brought
on daf 11b doesn't help.

Thanks and Shabbat Shalom

Chana
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