Commentary for Bava Kamma 137:14

דתניא רבי יהודה אומר שחרית בעל הבית עומד ואומר כל שילקטו עניים היום יהא הפקר

R. Judah says: In the morning the owner of the field should get up and say 'whatever the poor shall glean during the day should be considered ownerless<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As each two ears falling together may be gleaned by the poor who need not tithe them, but not so is the case regarding three ears falling together. Not all the poor, however, know this distinction. It is therefore meritorious on the part of the owner to abandon those which are gleaned by the poor unlawfully. ');">²⁴</span> [from the present moment]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., retrospectively. ');">²⁵</span>

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