MENACHOS 101-103 - Dedicated by Andy and Nancy Neff in memory of Lucy Rabin, Leah Miriam bat Yisroel. Beloved mother of Nancy Neff, Valerie, Doug and Andy Rabin, and wife of Sidney Rabin, Lucy Rabin passed away on 14 Sivan 5767.

1)

THE CALCULATION FOR DIFFERENT TREES (Yerushalmi Sheviis Perek 1 Halachah 3 Daf 2a)

îùðä àçã àéìï ñø÷ åàçã àéìï îàëì øåàéï àåúï ëàìå äï úàéðéí [ãó á òîåã á (òåæ åäãø)] àí øàåéï ìòùåú ëëø ãáéìä ùì ùùéí îðä áàéèì÷é çåøùéï ëì áéú ñàä áùáéìï ôçåú îëàï àéï çåøùéï ìäï àìà öåøëï

(a)

(Mishnah): Whether a non-fruit bearing or a fruit-bearing tree, we view it as if there are figs - if they are capable of producing a fig cake the value of 60 Italian Maneh, one may plow the entire Beis Seah for them; less than that, one may only plow whatever is needed for them.

äéä à' òåùä ëëø ãáéìä åùðéí àéï òåùéï àå ùðéí òåùéï åà' àéðå òåùä àéï çåøùéï ìäï àìà öåøëï òã ùéäå ùìùä

(b)

If one of the trees produces a fig cake's amount (of the size for three trees) and the other two don't produce at all; or two together produce a fig cake's amount and one doesn't produce at all - one may only plow whatever is needed, unless they all produce.

åîùìùä åòã úùòä äéå òùøä åîòùøä åìîòìä áéï òåùéï áéï ùàéðï òåùéï çåøùéï ëì áéú ñàä áùáéìï

(c)

If there are between three and nine trees, (they must together produce a fig cake's amount); but if there are ten trees (in a Beis Seah) or more, whether or not they together produce (a fig cake's amount), one may plow the entire Beis Seah for them.

ùðàîø áçøéù åá÷öéø úùáåú àéï öøéê ìåîø çøéù å÷öéø ùì ùáéòéú àìà çøéù ùì òøá ùáéòéú ùðëðñ ìùáéòéú å÷öéø ùì ùáéòéú ùäåà éåöà ìîåöàé ùáéòéú

(d)

(What's the source for the first Mishnah's teaching that one may not plow a field before Sheviis?) The pasuk states (Shemos 34:21), "You shall rest from plowing and harvesting". The pasuk doesn't need to prohibit plowing and harvesting during Sheviis (as a pasuk elsewhere prohibits it (Vayikra 25:4)). Rather, it's prohibiting plowing before Sheviis for Sheviis and harvesting Sheviis produce on Motzai Sheviis.

øáé éùîòàì àåîø îä çøéù øùåú àó ÷öéø øùåú éöà ÷öéø äòåîø:

(e)

(R. Yishmael): (This pasuk refers to observing Shabbos.) Just as plowing is optional, so too the harvesting here is optional. This excludes harvesting barley for the Korban HaOmer, which is a Mitzvah and permitted on Shabbos.

[ãó ã òîåã á (òåæ åäãø)] âîøà àçã àéìï ñø÷ åìîä àîøå úàéðéí ò"é ùôéøåúéäï âñéï åäï òåùåú äøáä äøé àúøåâ ôéøåúéå âñéï åàéðå òåùä äøáä äøé æéúéï òåùéï äøáä åàéï ôéøåúéäï âñéï åàìå òåùåú äøáä åôéøåúéäï âñéï

(f)

(Gemara): (The Mishnah taught) Whether a non-fruit bearing tree etc. Why did they require calculating using fig trees? Since their fruits are large and they produce a large yield, as opposed to an Esrog tree that has large fruits but doesn't produce a large yield and an olive tree that produces a large yield but doesn't have large fruit.

àîø øáé çééà áø àãà ëì àéìðéà òáãéï ùðä ôøà ùðä åäãà úàéðúà òáãà òì ùðä:

(g)

(R. Chiya bar Ada): Every tree produces a large amount in the first year but less in the second year; a fig tree produces a large amount every year.

äéä òåùä ëå'. øáé áéáé áùí øáé çðéðà åáìáã ùìà éôçåú îçùáåï îùåìùéí

(h)

(The Mishnah taught that if one tree produces a fig cake's and the other two don't produce at all...one may only plow whatever is needed, unless they all produce.) R. Baybai said from R. Chanina - as long as any tree doesn't produce less than 1/3rd of a fig cake.

æòéøà á"ø çðéðà àîø åáìáã ùìà éôçåú îçùáåï îúåùòéï

(i)

(Zeira bar R. Chanina): If there are nine trees, it's as long as it doesn't produce less than 1/9th of a fig cake. (Similarly, if there are four trees, it's as long as any tree doesn't produce less than 1/4 of a fig cake.)

äéå àøáòä åäá÷ø òåáø áëìéå ùðéí åàéï äá÷ø òåáø áëìéå îëéåï ùàéï äá÷ø òåáø áëìéå àú øåàä àåúï ëàìå çîùä.

(j)

If there were four trees with space in between them for the ox to pass with its plow and another two which don't have space in between them for the ox to pass, since it cannot pass, we view them as one single tree so that there are now five trees in total and each tree must therefore produce 1/5th of a fig cake.

äéå çîùä úôìåâúà ãø"ù åøáðï ãúðéðï úîï ëøí ùäåà ðèåò òì ôçåú îã' àîåú ø"ù àåîø àéðå ëøí åøáðï àåîøéí ëøí åøåàéï àú äàîöòéú ëàéìå àéðï [ãó ä òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] åçåøùéï ëì áéú ñàä áùáéìï.

(k)

If there were five trees without enough space between them, it falls into the dispute of R. Shimon and Rabbanan of the Mishnah in Kilayim - If a vineyard was planted with less than four amos between each row, R. Shimon said that it isn't a (Halachic) vineyard and he may plant within 4 Amos of them. Rabbanan said that it is a vineyard and we view the middle rows as if they don't exist and he may plow the entire Beis Seah.

ùðàîø áçøéù åá÷öéø úùáåú. ìà àúéà ãìà òì øéùà àéï çåøùéï ìäï àìà öåøëï ùðàîø áçøéù åá÷öéø úùáåú. àéï öøéê ìåîø ëå'

(l)

The Mishnah cited the pasuk, "You shall rest from plowing and harvesting". The pasuk is explaining the reason of the first clause of the Mishnah, that if they don't produce enough, 'he may only plow as much as is needed for them', because the pasuk says, 'you shall rest from plowing and harvesting', so there is only permission to plow before Sheviis when it's needed by the trees, but not when needed for Sheviis. The pasuk doesn't need (to prohibit plowing and harvesting during Sheviis) etc. (See above (d).)

[ãó á òîåã á] ø' éùîòàì ëãòúéä ãøáé éùîòàì àîø àéï äòåîø áà îñåøéà éöà ÷öéø äòåîø ùäéà îöåä:

(m)

R. Yishmael (above (e)) follows his opinion that the barley for the Omer offering cannot be brought from Suria, only from Eretz Yisrael (and it must be harvested for the sake of the Omer, as the harvesting is an intrinsic part of the Mitzvah of the Omer. He understands that the pasuk was referring to Shabbos, and the pasuk only prohibits optional harvesting, but one may harvest for the Omer on Shabbos.