1)

THE SIZE OF A FIELD THAT IS OBLIGATED IN PEAH (Yerushalmi Peah Halachah 6 Daf 16b)

[ãó ìà òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] îùðä ø''à àåîø ÷ø÷ò áéú øåáò çééá áôéàä

(a)

(Mishnah) (R. Eliezer): A field the size of a Beis Rova (just over 104 Amos2) is obligated in Peah.

ø' éäåùò àåîø áòåùä áéú ñàúéí

(b)

(R. Yehoshua): The size of two Seah.

øáé èøôåï àåîø ùùä òì ùùä èôçéí

(c)

(R. Tarfon): Six by six tefachim.

ø' éäåãà áï áúéøä àåîø ëãé ì÷öåø åìùðåú åäìëä ëãáøéå:

(d)

(R. Yehuda ben Beseirah): Large enough to be able to cut two handfuls. The Halacha follows his opinion.

âîøà î''è ãø''à

(e)

(Gemara) Question: What is R. Eliezer's source?

ðàîø ëàï ùãê åðàîø áëìàéí ùãê îä ùãê ùðàîø ìäìï áéú øåáò àó ùãê ùðàîø ëàï áéú øåáò

(f)

Answer: The pasuk says here (Vayikra 19:9), "your field'' and it says about Kilayim (mixed plantings) (Vayikra 19:19), "your field''. Just as over there, the size of the separation between two species of produce must be a Beis Rova; so too, a field must be a Beis Rova to obligate it in Peah.

î''è ãøáé éäåùò

(g)

Question: What is R. Yehoshua's source?

ðàîø ëàï ùãê åðàîø ìäìï åùëçú òåîø áùãä îä ùãä ùðàîø ìäìï ñ[à]úééí àó ëàï ñ[à]úééí

(h)

Answer: The pasuk says here "your field'' and it says about Shichechah (Devarim 24:19), "and you shall forget sheaves in the field''. Just as over there, the size is two Se'ah (as if the sheaf is two Se'ah, it is not considered Shichechah, as the field must be two Se'ah, not the sheaf); so too here, the minimum size of a field obligated in Peah is two Se'ah.

î''è ãø' èøôåï

(i)

Question: What is R. Tarfon's source?

ùùä òì ùùä îòøåâä

(j)

Answer: Just as a something is considered a patch when it is the size of six by six Tefachim (in order to be able to plant five different crops without transgressing the prohibition of Kilayim - see Maseches Kilayim 3:1) so for Peah it is considered a field when it is six by six Tefachim.

øéá''á àåîø ëãé ì÷öåø åìùðåú åäìëä ëãáøéå

(k)

The Mishnah taught that R. Yehuda ben Beseirah said - Large enough to be able to cut two handfuls. The Halacha follows his opinion.

îä ÷öéøä ãøê ä÷åöøéí àå àôéìå ë''ù

(l)

Question: Is R. Yehuda ben Beseirah referring to the way the harvesters cut, meaning two full handfuls, or even if he grabs two minimal amounts?

îï îä ãëúéá (úäéìéí ÷ëè) àùø ìà îìà ëôå ÷åöø åçöðå îòîø äãà àîøä ÷öéøä ëãøê ä÷åöøéí:

(m)

Answer: From the pasuk that states (Tehillim 129:7), "[Let them be like the grass]...with which the harvester cannot fill his hand, nor the sheaf-binder his arm'' - this shows that one is only called a harvester when he grabs full hands.