Reference for Gittin 23:2
ועד כאן לא קאמרי רבנן התם אלא דכתיב (ויקרא כג, כב) לא תלקט לעני לא תלקט לו לעני אבל הכא לא
'thou shalt not glean for the poor man', but here they would not [apply the same principle]. What lesson then does R. Eliezer derive from these words, 'thou shalt not glean, for the poor'? — He sees in them an admonition to a poor man [who himself owns a field] in regard to his own gleanings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He must leave gleanings in his own field. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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