Commentary for Pesachim 222:2

חמשה טולי הוי טולא דדיקלא יחידא טולא דכנדא טולא דפרחא טולא דזרדתא איכא דאמרי אף טולא דארבא וטולא דערבתא כללא דמילתא כל דנפיש ענפיה קשי טוליה

But that is only if he does not place his foot upon it; but if he places his foot upon it, it does not matter. There are five shades:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Involving danger on account of the demons that inhabit them.');">³</span> the shade of a single palm-tree, the shade of a kanda-tree,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' MS.M.: kinura, the name of a shrubby tree, Christ's-thorn or lote (Jast.) .');">⁴</span> the shade of a caper-tree, [and] the shade of sorb bushes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Var. lec.: add as fifth 'the shade of the willow-tree].');">⁵</span>

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