MENACHOS 45 - dedicated by Rabbi Kornfeld's father in memory of his aunt, Malka Gitel bas Reb Yakov Mordechai (Malvina Marmorstein), who took him into her home and raised him like her own child after the Holocaust. Her Yahrzeit is 20 Nisan.

PEREK ARUGAH
1)

MULTIPLE SPECIES IN A VEGETABLE BED (Yerushalmi Kilayim Perek 3 Halachah 1 Daf 12b)

îùðä òøåâä ùäéà ùùä òì ùùä èôçéí æåøòéï áúåëä çîùä æéøòåðéï àøáòä áã' [ãó éâ òîåã à] øåçåú òøåâä åàçã áàîöò.

(a)

(Mishnah): A vegetable bed that is six by six Tefachim may have five different types of seeds sown inside it - one on each side and one in the middle.

[ãó ëã òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] äéä ìä âáåì âáåä èôç æåøòéï áúåëä ùìùä òùø ùìùä òì ëì âåáì åâåáì åàçã áàîöò.

(b)

If it had a Tefach wide border that was a Tefach tall, he may plant in it 13 - three along each border and one in the middle of the bed.

ìà éèò øàù äìôú áúåê äâåáì îôðé ùäåà îîìéäå. :

(c)

He should not plant the head of a turnip in the border, as it will fill it (and make all of the species appear to be mixed).

[ãó ëã òîåã á (òåæ åäãø)] øáé éäåãä àåîø ùùä áàîöò

(d)

(R. Yehuda): One may plant in the middle of the bed even six different species.

âîøà (éùòéäå ñà) æøòéä îéòåè æøòéí ùðéí.

(e)

(Gemara): (What is the source to permit planting five different species?) The pasuk states (Yishayah 61:11), "Zeru'eha (its seeds)" - meaning minimally two seeds.

[ãó ëä òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] àîø ø' ùîåàì áø éñøèà îùðéí àú ìîã àøáòä. îä ùðéí àú ðåúï áúçéìú ùùä åîéöø åäåìê. àó àøáòä àú ðåúï áúçéìú ùùä åîéöø åäåìê. àé àôùø ùìà éäà ùí ð÷á àçã ôðåé ìéèò áå àú äàîöòéú.

(f)

(R. Shmuel bar Yasrata): From the permission for two, you can learn permission for four - just as to permit two, one must plant one species at the beginning of the bed across its width, meaning 6 Tefachim, that narrows off until the middle of the bed, so too with four different species, each one is planted across one side of the bed that narrows off until the middle, as there will certainly be a point in the middle of the bed that is empty, to be able to plant another species there, totalling five.

àîø øáé éåðä òáåãä ôåâò áòáåãä åàéï îéï ôåâò áçáéøå ìçåáùå.

(g)

(R. Yona): The permission of a Rosh Tur applies when two species meet there, but here, where the middle seed is surrounded on four sides, it does not apply.