Yerushalmi Peah 3:6 ירושלמי פאה ג׳:ו׳

MISHNAH: Rebbi Eliezer says, a plot of a bet rova‘¹⁰⁷See Chapter 2, Note 31. is obligated for peah. Rebbi Joshua says, if its yield is two seah¹⁰⁸He makes the obligation depend not on the size of the plot but the volume of the yield. Hence, the minimal size would vary with the type of grain grown. One seah = 6 qab = 24 log. One log is probably 533 cm³. This makes the seah equal to .452 cubic feet (12.8 dm³) and two seah about .9 cubic feet (25.6 dm³).. Rebbi Ṭarphon says, six by six hand-breadths¹⁰⁹One square cubit.. Rebbi Joshua¹¹⁰This Tanna is not known from any other source. Some Mishnah manuscripts have “R. Jehudah ben Bathyra”, referring to a Tanna of the third generation from Nisibis (Neẓivin) on the upper Tigris, today Urfa in Turkey. However, enough manuscripts from different sources have “R. Joshua” to suggest that the name should not be changed. ben Bathyra said, if it is enough to cut and cut a second time¹¹¹The first use of sickle or scythe starts the harvest; the amount left for the second cut then can be peah; see the discussion at the start of Halakha 1:1.; practice follows his words.

HALAKHAH: What is the reason of Rebbi Eliezer? It says here “your field¹¹²Lev. 19:9, 23:22, speaking of peah.” and it says about kilaim “your field¹¹³Lev. 19:19: “Your field you shall not sow with two different kinds.” It is assumed that a word in the Books of Moses never changes its meaning.”. Just as “your field” mentioned there¹¹⁴Mishnah Kilaim 2:10 states that two fields of different crops become forbidden if planted too closely one to the other but only if they are the minimum size of bet rova‘. means a bet rova‘, so here it means bet rova‘. What is the reason of Rebbi Joshua? It says here “your field” and it says further on (Deut. 24:19): “You might forget a sheaf on the field.” Just as the field mentioned there means two¹¹⁵Mishnah 6:5 states that a forgotten sheaf is for the poor only if it is less in volume than two seah. Similarly, Mishnah 6:6 states that a forgotten part of the field is not for the poor if its yield is at least 2 seah. Rebbi Joshua seems to argue that anything that is not a field for the definition of leqeṭ (collecting grain forgotten be the farmer) and šiḵḥah(collecting forgotten sheaves) cannot be a field for the definition of peah since all three obligations always go together., so here also two. What is the reason of Rebbi Ṭarphon? Six by six from a vegetable patch¹¹⁶In Mishnah Kilaim 3:1, the standard vegetable patch for intensive cultivation is defined as being one square cubit. R. Eliezer either is of the opinion that no vegetables are grown for storage or that onions grown for storage are such a rare case that one may take grain fields as the standard for everything. R. Ṭarphon seems to think that the smallest plot used to grow any plant for storage is the standard for all crops.. “Rebbi Joshua ben Bathyra says, if it is enough to cut and cut a second time, and practice follows his words.” Does “harvesting” mean following the technique of harvesters, or is it any amount¹¹⁷R. Joshua ben Bathyra argues that the verse: “When you harvest the harvest of your land,” means all kinds of harvest and that therefore any plot which can be harvested is subject to peah. The question is only whether the harvest has to be professional or whether simple plucking is enough. The verse from Psalms is taken to mean that only a cut that will fill at least the hollow of one’s hand qualifies for “harvesting.” This argument is the base of the first discussion in Halakhah 1:1.? Since it is written (Ps. 129:7): “The harvester did not fill his palm with it, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom,” that means that one follows the technique of harvesters.