כב מיתיבי כל אמות שאמרו חכמים באמה בת ששה ובלבד
22 twelve cubits, sufficient space for the tillage of the vineyard<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Four cubits on each side.');"><sup>45</sup></span> is allowed and the remaining area may be sown.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kil. IV, 1; infra 93a. These regulations - by adopting the cubit of the higher standard, are on the side of rigor.');"><sup>47</sup></span> But, surely, there is [the case of vines planted] closely within four cubits [distance from one another] where [the adoption of the higher standard<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Six handbreadths per cubit.');"><sup>48</sup></span> would result] in a relaxation [of the law]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra note 16, second clause.');"><sup>49</sup></span> For have we not learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kil. V, 2.');"><sup>50</sup></span> A vineyard [the rows of which are] planted at [distances of] less than four cubits [from one another] is not regarded, R'Simeon ruled, as a proper vineyard,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And wheat or other corn may be sown there.');"><sup>51</sup></span> and the Sages ruled, [It is regarded as] a proper vineyard, the intervening vines<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those planted in the space of the four cubits that should intervene between each two rows.');"><sup>52</sup></span> being treated as if they were non-existent?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the prescribed space between the remaining vines is obtained and the plantation constitutes a proper vineyard in which, in accordance with the laws of kil'ayim, no kind of grain may be sown. Now, since it is the existence of distances of four cubits between the rows of vines that determines whether a group of vines may be regarded as a vineyard in the legal sense, it follows that if the lower standard of the cubit is adopted distances of no more than (5 X 4) twenty handbreadths between the rows would subject the vineyard to the laws of kil'ayim, while if the higher standard is adopted, so that distances of (6 X 4 =) twenty-four handbreadths are required, the same plantation would constitute no proper vineyard and the plantation would thus be exempt from the laws of kil'ayim.');"><sup>53</sup></span> - [R'Nahman is of the same opinion] as the Rabbis who ruled that [whatever the distances the plantation] constitutes a proper vineyard.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The standard of the cubit does not consequently affect the prohibition to sow any kinds of grain between the vines.');"><sup>54</sup></span> If you prefer I might reply: [He<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Nahman.');"><sup>55</sup></span> may,] in fact, [hold the view of] R'Simeon, but<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In adopting the higher standard of the cubit.');"><sup>56</sup></span> he was referring to the majority of cubit measurements.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In connection with kil'ayim, while in respect of distances between vines he also adopts the lower standard, on the side of rigor.');"><sup>57</sup></span> Raba, however,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Contrary to Abaye's statement supra.');"><sup>58</sup></span> stated in the name of R'Nahman: All cubits [prescribed for legal measurements are] of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by a cubit'.');"><sup>59</sup></span> the size of six [handbreadths], but the latter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'those (relating to kil'ayim) .' ,uejua eja');"><sup>60</sup></span> are expanded<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (rt. 'to laugh') . In measuring the cubit in handbreadths, the fingers are kept apart as are the lips of a laughing person (Aruk) ; 'wide spread' (Jast.) .');"><sup>61</sup></span> while the former<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those of sukkah and 'entrance'. ,ucmg cmg');"><sup>62</sup></span> are compact.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (rt. 'to be sad') , the fingers are kept close to one another as are the lips of a man in sadness (Aruk) ; 'pressed together' (Jast.) .');"><sup>63</sup></span> An objection was raised: All cubits of which the Sages spoke are of the standard<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in a cubit'.');"><sup>64</sup></span> of six [handbreadths] except