Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 210:16

אמר עולא בעו במערבא נשדף תלם אחד על פני כולה מאי נשתייר תלם אחד על פני כולה מהו אפסיקא בירא מאי אספסתא

We learnt elsewhere: If the wind scattered the sheaves,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Over the field, and so they became mingled with the gleanings that must be left for the poor, and it is not known which is which. ');">¹³</span> we compute how much gleanings it [that field] was likely to provide, and so much must be given to the poor. R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: The poor must be given the measure for resowing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Pe'ah V, 1. ');">¹⁴</span> And how much is that? — When R. Dimi came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">¹⁵</span> he said in the name of R. Eleazar — others state, in the name of R. Johanan: Four <i>kabs</i> per <i>kor</i>. R. Jeremiah propounded: Does that mean, for a <i>kor</i> that is sown, or for a <i>kor</i> that is harvested?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., is it for an area that requires a kor of seed that four kabs are estimated as gleanings, or for an area that produces a kor? ');">¹⁶</span> [Further, if it means for a <i>kor</i> that is sown,] is it for hand sowing or by oxen?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sowing was done either by hand, a man walking along and scattering the seed, or by oxen drawing a cart with a perforated bottom, in which the seed was placed. The latter method was more wasteful, and required a greater quantity of seed for a given area than the former. ');">¹⁷</span> — Come and hear: For when Rabin came, he said in the name of R. Abbahu in the name of R. Eleazar — others say, in the name of R. Johanan: Four <i>kabs</i> for a <i>kor</i> of seed. But the question still remains: for hand sowing or by oxen? The problem remains unsolved. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN LEASES A FIELD FROM HIS NEIGHBOUR, AND IT [THE CROP] IS EATEN BY GRASSHOPPERS, OR BLASTED [BY TEMPEST], IF IT WAS A WIDESPREAD EPIDEMIC,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a regional mishap'. ');">¹⁸</span> HE CAN DEDUCT FROM THE RENTAL; IF IT WAS NOT A WIDESPREAD EPIDEMIC, HE MAY NOT DEDUCT FROM THE RENTAL. R. JUDAH SAID: IF HE LEASED IT ON A MONEY RENTAL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Generally the rental was paid in crops. ');">¹⁹</span> THEN IN BOTH CASES HE MAY MAKE NO DEDUCTIONS FROM THE RENTAL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This Mishnah applies only to a fixed rental, for with a percentage rental there can be no deduction, both sharing whatever the yield may be.] ');">²⁰</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. How far must it extend to be called a widespread epidemic? — Rab Judah said: E.g., if the greater part of the plain [in which this field lay] was blasted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Maim. and Asheri (on basis of slightly different reading): 'most of the fields in that city', v. Wilna Gaon's Glosses.] ');">²¹</span> 'Ulla said: If four fields, on the four sides thereof, were blasted. 'Ulla said: They propounded in the West [sc. the academies of Palestine]: What if one furrow over the entire length was blasted? What if one furrow was left [unblasted] over their entire length?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Must the whole of the four fields have suffered, or is it sufficient that a furrow over the whole length of each shall have been affected? And if that is insufficient, what if the entire fields were affected with the exception of a furrow in each? ');">²²</span> What if pits lay between?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There were no fields immediately contiguous, but the field was surrounded by pits, on the outer edges of which lay other fields, which were affected. Does this come within the scope of the definition or not? ');">²³</span> What if they were separated by a field of fodder?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was unaffected, whilst the fields beyond were. ');">²⁴</span>

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