(Mishnah): If a sheaf was forgotten by the laborers but not by the owner or by the owner but not by the laborers, or if a poor man stood in front of the sheaf to block the view of the laborers or they covered it with straw, it is not Shichechah.

(Gemara): The source that if a sheaf was forgotten by the laborers but not by the owner, it is not Shichechah, is as the pasuk states (Devarim 24:19), "(When you reap) your harvest (in the field) and forget". The source that if forgotten by the owner but not by the laborers it is not Shichechah, is as the pasuk states (ibid), "When you reap...and forget".

(R. Shimon ben Yehuda citing R. Shimon): Even if donkey drivers are travelling and see a sheaf that the laborers and the owner forgot, it is not Shichechah unless it is forgotten by everyone.

If the owner was standing in the city and said, "I know that the laborers forget sheaves in a certain place" - if they forgot, it is Shichechah.

If the owner was standing in the field and said, "I know that the laborers forget sheaves in a certain place", it is not Shichechah, as the pasuk states (ibid), "in the field and forget" but not "in the city and forget".

(R. Zeira citing Shmuel): It is the same for (a person declaring that his field should acquire) a Hefker (ownerless) item (such as an animal that he is chasing - he must be standing next to the field).

Question: What is Shmuel's case? If he can run and catch them, what is the difference whether he is in the city or in the field?

Answer (R. Abba bar Kahana/ R. Yosi citing R. Yochanan): Nevertheless, he must be able to run and catch them and must be standing in his field.

Question: (Our Mishnah taught that if the poor covered the sheaves with straw, they are not Shichechah) If the entire field was covered in straw and he gathered the produce together under the straw and left one sheaf behind, is it Shichechah?

Answer (Mishnah in Perek 6): 'And similarly, if a blind person forgot (a sheaf), it is Shichechah.' Isn't a blind person like the field covered in straw? (So in our case, it is also Shichechah.)

(R. Yona): Our Mishnah was referring to when he remembered the straw and forgot the sheaf (but if he also forgot the straw, it is as if he forgot the sheaf).

R. Yona is like R. Zeira - (In Perek 6 Halacha 3, the Baraisa says that if a person took a sheaf and put it on another to transport to the city, R. Shimon said that neither sheaf is Shichechah - the bottom one because it is covered and the top one because he acquired it.) Just as R. Zeira said there that since he remembered the top one, the bottom one is not Shichechah; so too R. Yona said here that since he remembered the straw, the sheaves underneath are not Shichechah.

(The standard method of the harvesters is as follows - after the field is harvested, they make bundles, then gather them and make several small piles scattered around the field. These are then gathered into one place (called a Gadish - a stack). They are then taken to the threshing floor to be threshed.) If one bundles sheaves to make hats or Kumasos (low hats), (or he needs a small amount of produce just) to make a Chararah (dough) or he makes small bundles of sheaves in order) to make (large) sheaves, Shichechah does not apply. But if he brings it from there to the threshing floor, Shichechah applies (as that is the final stage of production). (Note: Some commentaries explain the terms 'hats' and 'Kumasos' as gathering the produce into certain shaped piles.)

One who bundles to take to the (large) stack, Shichechah applies. But from there to the threshing floor, Shichechah does not apply.

The general rule is - whenever bundles are taken to the place where their process is complete, Shichechah applies. But when they are then taken from there to the threshing floor, Shichechah does not apply. To take to a place where its process is not complete (such as making small bundles), Shichechah does not apply. But if they are then taken to the threshing floor, Shichechah applies.

(Gemara) (R. Yona): 'Hats' are on top, as the pasuk states (Shmuel I 17:38), "and (he placed) a copper hat on his head".

Kumasos - R. Avina said that they are below, as the pasuk states (Devarim 32:34), "Is it not hidden away {Kamus} with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?"

Chararah - a circular piece of dough.

(R. Yochanan): (The reason that when one gathers for hats etc. Shichechah does not apply, but if they are taken to the threshing floor, Shichechah applies, is because sheaves are compared to harvesting) as the pasuk states (Devarim 24:19), "When you shall reap your harvest in the field and you shall forget a sheaf in the field" - just as after harvesting, no more harvesting can be done, so too sheaves can only be Shichechah when there is no further process (i.e. transferal) to be done.