Reference for Eruvin 185:8
ואיזו היא קרחת הכרם כרם שחרב אמצעיתו אם אין שם ט"ז אמה לא יביא זרע לשם היו שם ט"ז אמה נותן לו כדי עבודתו וזורע את המותר
- 'According to your view, however, the other replied: 'might you not raise an objection against me from a Mishnah, since we learned: A patch in a vineyard, Beth Shammai ruled, must measure no less than twenty-four cubits, and Beth Hillel ruled: Sixteen cubits; and the width of an uncultivated border of a vineyard, Beth Shammai ruled, must measure no less than sixteen cubits, and Beth Hillel ruled: Twelve cubits. And what is meant by a patch in a vineyard? The barren portion of the interior of the vineyard.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a vineyard whose middle was destroyed'.');"><sup>22</sup></span> If its sides do not measure sixteen cubits no seed may be sown there, but if they do measure sixteen cubits, sufficient space for the tillage of the vineyard is allowed and the remaining space may be sown.
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