Talmud Yerushalmi
Yerushalmi Peah 1:2 ירושלמי פאה א׳:ב׳
Part of: Chapter 1
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משנה: אֵין פּוֹחְתִין לְפֵיאָה מִשִּׁשִּׁים. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָמְרוּ אֵין לְפֵיאָה שֵׁיעוּר הַכֹּל לְפִי גוֹדֶל הַשָּׂדֶה וּלְפִי הָעֲנִיים וּלְפִי הֲעֲנָוָה.
MISHNAH: One never gives peah less than one in sixty2141 2/3% of the yield of the field.. Even though they said that peah has no measure, everything is according to the size of the field, the poor, and the humility215In the Rome manuscript הענבה “the size of the berries;” in the Munich manuscript of the Babli as well as the Code of Maimonides, הענייה “the answer” (of the field to the farmer’s effort.) Both Maimonides and R. Simson explain that if one part of the field has a large yield and another part a meager one, one should not give all of peah from the meager part. The two readings imply that the religiosity of the farmer is no matter to consider here..
MISHNAH: One never gives peah less than one in sixty2141 2/3% of the yield of the field.. Even though they said that peah has no measure, everything is according to the size of the field, the poor, and the humility215In the Rome manuscript הענבה “the size of the berries;” in the Munich manuscript of the Babli as well as the Code of Maimonides, הענייה “the answer” (of the field to the farmer’s effort.) Both Maimonides and R. Simson explain that if one part of the field has a large yield and another part a meager one, one should not give all of peah from the meager part. The two readings imply that the religiosity of the farmer is no matter to consider here..
הלכה: תַּנִּי אֵין אוֹמְרִים לוֹ הֲבֵא גְמָלִים וּטְעוֹן. מִתְנִיתָא בְּיֶתֶר מִכְּשֵׁיעוּר. אֲבָל בִּכְּשֵׁיעוּר אוֹמְרִים לוֹ הֲבֵא גְמָלִים וּטְעוֹן. שָׂדֵהוּ מְרוּבָּה וַעֲנִיִים מוּעָטִין נוֹתֵן לְפִי שָׂדֵהוּ. שָׂדֵהוּ מְעוּטָה וַעֲנִיִים מְרוּבִּין נוֹתֵן לְפִי הָעֲנִיִים. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן דָּרַשׁ שְׁנֵי דְּבָרִים לְקֻלּוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת. שָׂדֵהוּ מְרוּבָּה וַעֲנִיִים מְמוּעָטִין נוֹתֵן לְפִי הָעֲנִיִים. שָׂדֵהוּ מְעוּטָה וַעֲנִיִים מְרוּבִּין נוֹתֵן לְפִי שָׂדֵהוּ. מַתְנִיתָא לֹא אָמַר כֵּן אֶלָּא הַכֹּל לְפִי גוֹדֶל הַשָּׂדֶה וּלְפִי הָעֲנִיים וּלְפִי הֲעֲנָוָה.
HALAKHAH: It was stated: One does not say to him, bring camels and load up. The baraita speaks if he wants to give more than the measure216The measure is the amount fixed by the rabbis, 1 2/3%. If there is a large field and only one poor person one tells the poor to bring camels and load up the peah. The restriction on more than 1 2/3% is introduced because peah is not subject to the laws of terumah and tithes; hence, what is given to the poor diminishes what is given to priests and Levites. On the other hand, one does not allow the farmer to get away with less than 1 2/3% peah., but if he gives according to the measure then one says to the poor to bring camels and load up. If his field is large and the poor few, he gives according to the field. His field is small and the poor many, he gives according to the poor. Rebbi Simeon explained two things to make it easy for the owner: If his field is large and the poor few, he gives according to the poor; if his field is small and the poor many, he gives according to the field. The Mishnah does not say so, but “everything is according to the size of the field, the poor, and the humility (yield).217The implication is that the Mishnah, which is followed in practice, requires the farmer to give more than the minimum 1 2/3% unless there is only one poor person and he would need a camel to remove the peah. This is also the interpretation of Maimonides (Mattenot ‘Aniïm 1:16).”
HALAKHAH: It was stated: One does not say to him, bring camels and load up. The baraita speaks if he wants to give more than the measure216The measure is the amount fixed by the rabbis, 1 2/3%. If there is a large field and only one poor person one tells the poor to bring camels and load up the peah. The restriction on more than 1 2/3% is introduced because peah is not subject to the laws of terumah and tithes; hence, what is given to the poor diminishes what is given to priests and Levites. On the other hand, one does not allow the farmer to get away with less than 1 2/3% peah., but if he gives according to the measure then one says to the poor to bring camels and load up. If his field is large and the poor few, he gives according to the field. His field is small and the poor many, he gives according to the poor. Rebbi Simeon explained two things to make it easy for the owner: If his field is large and the poor few, he gives according to the poor; if his field is small and the poor many, he gives according to the field. The Mishnah does not say so, but “everything is according to the size of the field, the poor, and the humility (yield).217The implication is that the Mishnah, which is followed in practice, requires the farmer to give more than the minimum 1 2/3% unless there is only one poor person and he would need a camel to remove the peah. This is also the interpretation of Maimonides (Mattenot ‘Aniïm 1:16).”