ONIONS AND GOURDS (Yerushalmi Kilayim Perek 3 Halachah 5 Daf 17a)
[ãó ìá òîåã á (òåæ åäãø)] îùðä äéúä ùãäå æøåòä áöìéí åáé÷ù ìéèò áúåëä ùåøåú ùì ãéìåòéï øáé éùîòàì àåîø òå÷ø ùúé ùåøåú åðåèò ùåø' àçú åîðéç ÷îú áöìé' áî÷åí ùúé ùåøåú åòå÷ø ùúé ùåøåú åðåèò ùåøä àçú.
(Mishnah): If a person's field was planted with onions and he wanted to plant there rows of gourds - R. Yishmael says that he should uproot two rows (of onions, which is a total width of 8 Amos) and then plant one (4 Amah) row of gourds (inside the middle of the cleared space); then leave two rows of onions standing, and again uproot two rows (of onions) and plants a row (of gourds in the cleared space).
øáé ò÷éáä àåîø òå÷ø ùúé ùåøåú åðåèò ùúé ùåøåú åîðéç ÷îú áöìéí áî÷åí ùúé ùåøå' åòå÷' ùúé ùåøåú åðåèò ùúé ùåøåú.
(R. Akiva): He should uproot two rows of onions and plant two rows of gourds (in their place); then he leave two rows of onions standing and then uproot two rows and plant two rows of gourds (in their place).
[ãó éæ òîåã á] åçëîéí àåîøéí àí àéï áéï ùåøä ìçáéøúä ùúéí òùøä [àîä] ìà é÷ééí æøò ùì áðúééí:
(Chachamim): If there aren't 12 Amos between one row and the next, he may not retain the onions in between them.
âîøà ëäðà àîø ãáøé øáé éùîòàì ôòîéí ùù òùøä ôòîéí ùúéí òùøä ôòîéí ùîåðä.
(Gemara) (Kahana): According to R. Yishmael, the empty space one must leave between the rows of gourds is sometimes 16 Amos, sometimes 12 Amos and sometimes 8 Amos...
áùòä ùäåà ðåúï ëì äòáåãä îáôðéí ùù òùøä. [ãó ìâ òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] î÷öúä áôðéí åî÷öúä áçåõ ùúéí òùøä. ëåìä îáçåõ ùîåðä.
If all of the work access area is made towards the inside of the field, 16 Amos are required. If it's partially toward the inside and partially towards the outside, 12 Amos are required; if all of it is towards the outside, 8 Amos are required.
ùîåàì àîø ìòåìí ùúéí òùøä.
(Shmuel): In all cases, 12 Amos are required.