Menachos Chart #4
Chart for Menachos Daf 71b
WHEN IS AN EARLY HARVEST
CONSIDERED PART OF THE FULL HARVEST? (1)
| (A) HE HARVESTS THE PRODUCE BEFORE IT REACHES 1/3 OF ITS GROWTH |
(B) HE HARVESTS THE PRODUCE AFTER IT REACHES 1/3 OF ITS GROWTH |
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| 1 | TANA KAMA, REBBI YEHUDAH |
For animals: it is not a harvest For people : it is a harvest |
It is a harvest |
| 2 | REBBI MEIR, REBBI AKIVA (according to Rav Yehudah in the name of Shmuel) |
It is not a harvest | It is a harvest |
| 3 | REBBI SHIMON (3), REBBI AKIVA (according to Ravin in the name of Rebbi Yochanan) |
It is not a harvest | It is not a harvest (2) |
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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) If it is considered the beginning of the harvest of the entire field, then when a row that passes through the middle of the field is harvested, it does not separate the field into two with regard to Pe'ah. If it is not considered the beginning of the harvest of the entire field, then it does separate the field into two with regard to Pe'ah. Similarly, if it is not considered a proper harvest, it is permitted to perform such a harvest before the harvesting of the Omer (see, however, footnote #2).
(2) Even if the produce reached its full size, and one harvests it in order to store it and to eat it at a later time, it still is not considered the beginning of a proper harvest (RASHI). (However, it is obvious that such a harvest is prohibited before the harvesting of the Omer, because it is nevertheless considered a harvest. It is just not considered to be the beginning of the harvest of the entire field.) We may deduce that Rebbi Shimon also holds that harvesting produce that has reached its full size for the sake of storage is not considered the beginning of the harvest of the field based on what TOSFOS writes (DH Ela, in his third answer).
(3) See TOSFOS to 72a, DH Savar, who points out that Rebbi Shimon and Rebbi Akiva (according to Ravin in the name of Rebbi Yochanan) are of the same opinion.