1)

What constitutes Kil'ayim?

1.

Rashi: Wheat, barley and grape-seeds that are planted together 1 (at the same time). 2


1

See Sifsei Chachamim.

2

See Torh Temimah, note 86.

2)

Seeing as the Torah already taught us the La'av of Kil'ayim in Kedoshim Vayikra, 19:19, why does it repeat it here?

1.

Sifsei Chachamim: The Pasuk in Vayikra forbids K'lai Zera'im (two different kinds of seeds) 1 , whereas the current Pasuk comes to add Kilai ha'Kerem (two different kinds of seeds that are planted together with grape-seeds). 2


1

See Sifsei Chachamim.

2

In which case he transgresses two La'avin. Refer also to 22:9:6:1.

3)

Why does the Torah write "Lo Sizra Karm'cha Kil'ayim" and not "Karm'cha Lo Sizra Kil'ayim"?

1.

Yerushalmi Kil'ayim, 8:1: To teach us that, not only is seeding Kil'ayim forbidddden, but so is maintaining Kil'ayim that has already grown. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, mote 87.

4)

What are the implications of "Lo Sizra Karm'cha Kil'ayim"?

1.

Sifri: It implies that besides the vine, one is planting two different kinds of seeds, so that one is contravening at one and the same time the La'av of K'lai Zera'im and the La'av of K'lai Kerem. 1


1

Refer also to 22:9:2:1 and note 2.

5)

What are the connotations of "Pen Tikdash ha'Mele'ah"?

1.

Rashi #1 (citing Targum Onkelos): It means 'In case the (mixture of 1 ) seeds that grow become Tamei (forbidden)'. 2

2.

Rashi #2 (in Pesachim, 24b) and Targum Yonasan: 'In case what grows becomes Asur be'Hana'ah, and needs to be burned (Pen Tukad Eish)'. 3

3.

Rashbam: It means 'In case what grows becomes forbidden like Hekdesh'.


1

Refer to 22:9:3:2.

2

Rashi: Whatever is loathsome (forbidden) on a person, whether for good - such as Hekdesh, or for bad - such as an Isur, is subject to the term 'Kodesh'.

3

See Torah Temimah, note 93.

6)

What is the translation of "ha'Mele'ah"?

1.

Rashi: It means 'What the seeds subsequently increase (and ripen' - Rashi in Nachum, 1:10).

2.

Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: 'It means the mixture of seeds'.

3.

Moshav Zekenim: Based on the Pasuk in Amos 2:13 "Ka'asher Ta'ik ha'Agalah ha'Mele'ah", "ha'Mele'ah means that one should distance diverse species from one anoher the width of a yoked pair of oxen (four Amos


1

Oznayim la'Torah: As we find in Emor Vayikra, 22:23.

2

As we find in Parshas Shoftim, 18:27. See Oznayim la'Torah, citing the Ramban.

7)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwisewise superfluous) word "ha'Zera asher Tizra'?

1.

Sifri: To preclude maintaining thorns in a vineyard from the La'av.

8)

Having inserted "ha'Zera", why doe the Torah add "asher Tizra"?

1.

Sifra #1: It comes to preclude seeds that grew with the fertilizer or in the water with which the owner treated his field and seeds that the wind blew away from the area where he planted them into the vineyard. 1

2.

Sifra #2 It includes seeds that Reuven planted in Shimon's vioneyard, and which Shimon retained.


1

Sifra: But not seeds which the wind helped him to plant in the vineyard, which are included in "asher Tizra". See Torah Temimah, mote 96.

9)

How will we reconcile the word "ha'Me'le'ah", which implies what grows, with 'ha'Zera", which implies the seed itself?

1.

Pesachim, 25a: If the Kil'ayim has already been planted it becomes forbidden as soon as it takes root, wherwas if it has not (where one is passing a plant-pot containing grain or vegetables through a vineyard, when it increases by one two-hundredth. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 94.

10)

Having written earlier in the Pasuk "Lo Sizra Karmcha", why does it conclude "u'Sevu'as ha'Karem"?

1.

Yerushalmi Kil'ayim, 7:2: To incorporate somebody else's vineyard in the prohibition of K'lai Kerem. 1

2.

Sifri: To incorporate a partial vineyard in the prohibition of K'lai ha'Kerem.

3.

Yerushalmi Kil'ayim, 7:2: It implies that only what falls under the category of "Tevu'ah" is subject to Kil'ayim - to preclude grain that has grown to less than a third of its full height and grapes that have grown to less than the size of a white bean. 2

4.

Yerushalmi Kil'ayim, 7:4: It precludes where one planted grain next to vines whose grapes are fully ripe, and by the same token. "M'lo Zera" precludes where one plants a vine next to grain that has fully grown. 3


1

See Torah Temimah, note 88.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 99 and Oznayim la'Torah, who explains the term "Mele'ah" and why the seeds and the grapes have different Shi'urim.

3

See Torah Temimah, note 100.

11)

What if the vine is not producing fruit?

1.

Sifri: The prohibition of K'lai Kerem applies even if there is no fruit on the tree - that year. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 90.

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