R. Yehoshua ben Levi told his young assistant only to buy vegetables from a certain gentile called Sisra. (He was certain that all of Beis Shean had been sanctified except for the garden of Sisra.)

Eliyahu HaNavi came to the assistant and told him, "Go and tell you master - that garden doesn't belong to Sisra. It really belongs to a Jew, and Sisra's family killed the Jew and took his land. And if you want to be stringent, be stringent for yourself, but let your friend (buy from other places in Beis Shean, because they were all permitted).

(R. Yosi of Kfar Dan citing Rebbi ben Madayda): The prohibited species in Beis Shean (because they are known to grown in Eretz Yisrael) are - black cumin, sesame, mustard, garlic, Bulcasin, black beans sold in bulk, village onions and provincial onions sold in bulk, beans tied with reeds, mint tied by itself, Istefinini whether tied or untied; and leeks, from Shavuos until Chanukah.

(R. Zeira): From Shavuos until Chanukah, the prohibited produce is the majority over the permitted produce. From Chanukah until Shavuos, the permitted is the majority over the prohibited.

As for the law of Sefichin, from Rosh Hashanah until Chanukah it's prohibited; from Chanukah until Shavuos, it is questionable. From Shavuos until Rosh Hashana it is permitted.

The following items are considered Sheviis produce throughout Sheviis (since they come from Eretz Yisrael) - pumpkin, gourds, melons, cucumbers, wine, oil and Ifsian dates. Some also add lupine beans and Pas Challah beans.

Question: In all other years, what is the law?

Answer: R. Yona said that they are Demai and R. Yosi said that they are definite Tevel. But there is no dispute, as R. Yona was referring to buying from merchants (who we assume bought it from a Jew who perhaps tithed it); R. Yosi was referring to buying from a gentile who grows it himself.

Where are the borders of Beis Shean? Parshasa, Ritzpasa and Nafsha D'Paguti until Kfar Karnayim which itself is considered part of Beis Shean.

(R. Yona citing R. Shimon ben Zecharia): The species that are prohibited in Panyas are - walnuts, rice, sesame and Egyptian beans.

(Gamliel Zuga): Even unripe dates.

(R. Yona): This applies to Tarnagol Kisarin and beyond, but from Tarnagol Kisarin and below is like Eretz Yisrael.

Question (R. Yona): (The Mishnah (above - Zevachim 87(a)) taught that rice is obligated in Demai in any place.) If a person's field (in Panyas) was planted with vegetables and he found there some rice; would the vegetables be permitted and the rice be prohibited (without tithing? They are growing in the same field!) And if the rice was planted above (further from Eretz Yisrael) and the vegetable was below, could it be that the vegetable is permitted and the rice is prohibited?

Answer (R. Yona himself): Most of these fields (in Panyas) produce only these species (so Chazal only made their decree on them, even if sometimes these seemingly unusual rulings might result).

Rejection: You could even say that most of these fields do not produce most of these species; but most of these species only come from Eretz Yisrael.

Baraisa: Rice that grows in the area of Antuchya is permitted there (without tithing). R. Elazar b'R. Yosi permits it until Boran (where they bring rice from Antuchya).

Question (R. Yona): Does the Baraisa even permit it in any direction to a distance equivalent to Boran? (This question remains unanswered.)

Baraisa: The following cities near Tzur are prohibited (without tithing) - Shetzes, Betzes, Pi Metzuvah, Aliyasa, Chanusa, Tachtaya, Beis Karia, Rosh Mana, Amon and Mazi.

(R. Mana): That was originally, but nowadays, there are other cities in their place, and they are - Susita, Aiynash, Ein Tarah, Ram Barin, Iyun, Yaarot, Kfar, Charuv, Nov, Hakfaya and Kfar Tzamach. Rebbi permitted Kfar Tzamach.

Question (R. Imi): Why would he permit it? Didn't the gentiles pay taxes to the Jews even before it was physically conquered (so why isn't it treated like Eretz Yisrael)?

Baraisa: The following cities are permitted near Tzur (as they are not part of Eretz Yisrael) - Nechi, Tzayar, Geshamyo, Zizin, Yagdi, Chamas, Devav, Charavtei, Karkav and Dvar Chazreg.