Mishnah Kilayim · chapter 6

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1. 1

   אֵיזֶהוּ עָרִיס, הַנּוֹטֵע שׁוּרָה שֶׁל חָמֵשׁ גְּפָנִים בְּצַד הַגָּדֵר שֶׁהוּא גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אוֹ בְצַד חָרִיץ שֶׁהוּא עָמֹק עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים וְרָחָב אַרְבָּעָה, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ עֲבוֹדָתוֹ אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, מוֹדְדִין אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת מֵעִקַּר הַגְּפָנִים לַשָּׂדֶה. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, מִן הַגָּדֵר לַשָּׂדֶה. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי, טוֹעִים כָּל הָאוֹמְרִים כֵּן, אֶלָּא אִם יֶשׁ שָׁם אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת מֵעִקַּר גְּפָנִים וְלַגָּדֵר, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ אֶת עֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְזוֹרֵעַ אֶת הַמּוֹתָר. וְכַמָּה הִיא עֲבוֹדַת הַגֶּפֶן. שִׁשָּׁה טְפָחִים לְכָל רוּחַ. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, שְׁלֹשָׁה:

   What is an aris (an espalier) [which is regarded as a vineyard]? One who has planted a [single] row consisting of five vines beside a fence ten handbreadths high, or beside a trench ten handbreadths deep and four wide, they leave a space of four cubits in which to work it. Bet Shammai says: they measure the four cubits from the body of the vine to the field; But Bet Hillel says: from the fence to the field. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri said: all who say so are mistaken! Rather, if there are four cubits from the body of the vines to the fence, they leave a space in which to work it and they may sow the rest. And how much is the space in which work to work a vine? Six handbreadths in every direction. Rabbi Akiva says: three.

2. 2

   עָרִיס שֶׁהוּא יוֹצֵא מִן הַמַּדְרֵגָה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, אִם עוֹמֵד בָּאָרֶץ וּבוֹצֵר אֶת כֻּלּוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹסֵר אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת בַּשָּׂדֶה, וְאִם לָאו, אֵינוֹ אוֹסֵר אֶלָּא כְנֶגְדּוֹ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אַף הַנּוֹטֵעַ אַחַת בָּאָרֶץ וְאַחַת בַּמַּדְרֵגָה, אִם גָּבוֹהַּ מִן הָאָרֶץ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אֵינָהּ מִצְטָרֶפֶת עִמָּהּ, וְאִם לָאו, הֲרֵי זוֹ מִצְטָרֶפֶת עִמָּהּ:

   An aris which projects from a terrace: Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob says: if a person standing on [level] ground is able to harvest all of it, [such an aris] prohibits [sowing seed in] four cubits of the field, but if [he is] not [able to do so], it prohibits [sowing seed] only [in] the [soil] which is directly below it. Rabbi Eliezer says: even one who has planted one [row of vines] on the ground, and one on a terrace, then if it is ten handbreadths above the [level] ground, one does not combine with the other; if it is not [ten handbreadths high] then one does combine with the other.

3. 3

   הַמַּדְלֶה אֶת הַגֶּפֶן עַל מִקְצָת אַפִּיפְיָרוֹת, לֹא יָבִיא זֶרַע אֶל תַּחַת הַמּוֹתָר. אִם הֵבִיא, לֹא קִדֵּשׁ. וְאִם הִלֵּךְ הֶחָדָשׁ, אָסוּר. וְכֵן הַמַּדְלֶה עַל מִקְצָת אִילַן סְרָק:

   One who suspends vines over papyrus-ropes [of a trellis], he may not bring seed beneath the remainder [of the trellis]. However, if he did so, he has not caused them to be prohibited. If new [tendrils] spread [over the remainder], that [which was sown under the remainder] is forbidden. Similarly, when one hangs vines over some part of a non-fruit-bearing tree.

4. 4

   הַמַּדְלֶה אֶת הַגֶּפֶן עַל מִקְצָת אִילַן מַאֲכָל, מֻתָּר לְהָבִיא זֶרַע אֶל תַּחַת הַמּוֹתָר. וְאִם הִלֵּךְ הֶחָדָשׁ, יַחֲזִירֶנּוּ. מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁהָלַךְ רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֵצֶל רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל לִכְפַר עָזִיז, וְהֶרְאָהוּ גֶפֶן מֻדְלֶה עַל מִקְצָת תְּאֵנָה. אָמַר לוֹ, מָה אֲנִי לְהָבִיא זֶרַע אֶל תַּחַת הַמּוֹתָר. אָמַר לוֹ, מֻתָּר. וְהֶעֱלָהוּ מִשָּׁם לְבֵית הַמָּגְנִיָּה, וְהֶרְאָהוּ גֶפֶן שֶׁהִיא מֻדְּלֶה עַל מִקְצָת הַקּוֹרָה, וְסַדָּן שֶׁל שִׁקְמָה, וּבוֹ קוֹרוֹת הַרְבֵּה. אָמַר לוֹ, תַּחַת הַקּוֹרָה זוֹ אָסוּר, וְהַשְּׁאָר מֻתָּר:

   One who suspends [branches of] a vine on part of [the branches of] a fruit tree, it is permitted to bring seed beneath the remainder. If new [tendrils] spread [over the remainder], he must turn them back. It happened that Rabbi Joshua went to Rabbi Ishmael in Kefar Aziz, and the latter showed him a vine [with its branches] suspended on part of [the branches of] a fig tree. He [Rabbi Yishmael] asked him [Rabbi Joshua]: “May I bring seed beneath the remainder?” He answered him: “It is permitted.” He took him to Bet Hamaganyah and he showed him a vine [whose branches were] suspended on part of a beam belonging to the trunk of a sycamore, which had many beams. He [Rabbi Joshua] said to him [Rabbi Yishmael]: beneath this beam it is prohibited [to sow] but beneath the remainder it is permitted.

5. 5

   אֵיזֶהוּ אִילַן סְרָק. כָּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה פֵרוֹת. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, הַכֹּל אִילַן סְרָק, חוּץ מִן הַזַּיִת וְהַתְּאֵנָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, כָּל שֶׁאֵין כָּמוֹהוּ נוֹטְעִין שָׂדוֹת שְׁלֵמוֹת, הֲרֵי זֶה אִילַן סְרָק:

   What is a serak (non-fruit bearing) tree?Any tree which does not yield fruit. Rabbi Meir says: all trees are serak, except the olive and the fig tree. Rabbi Yose says: all trees that are not planted in whole fields, are serak trees.

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   פִּסְקֵי עָרִיס, שְׁמֹנֶה אַמּוֹת וָעוֹד. וְכָל מִדּוֹת שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים בַּכֶּרֶם, אֵין בָּהֶם וָעוֹד, חוּץ מִפִּסְקֵי עָרִיס. אֵלוּ הֵן פִּסְקֵי עָרִיס, עָרִיס שֶׁחָרַב מֵאֶמְצָעוֹ וְנִשְׁתַּיְּרוּ בוֹ חָמֵשׁ גְּפָנִים מִכָּאן וְחָמֵשׁ גְּפָנִים מִכָּאן. אִם יֵשׁ שָׁם שְׁמֹנֶה אַמּוֹת, לֹא יָבִיא זֶרַע לְשָׁם. שְׁמֹנֶה אַמּוֹת וָעוֹד, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ כְדֵי עֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְזוֹרֵעַ אֶת הַמּוֹתָר:

   Gaps in an aris must be eight cubits and somewhat more [in order to be able to sow seeds in the gaps]. [In the case of] all measurements that the sages said in connection with a vineyard, there is no ‘and somewhat more’, except in the case of gaps in an aris. The following count as gaps in an aris: if an aris was razed in its middle and five vines remained on one side and five vines on the other side. Then if the gap is [only] eight cubits, one may not bring seed there. [But if the gap is] eight cubits and somewhat more, they give [the vines] space to work them, and he may sow the rest.

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   עָרִיס שֶׁהוּא יוֹצֵא מִן הַכֹּתֶל מִתּוֹךְ הַקֶּרֶן וְכָלֶה, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ עֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְזוֹרֵעַ אֶת הַמּוֹתָר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אִם אֵין שָׁם אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, לֹא יָבִיא זֶרַע לְשָׁם:

   An aris which turns away from a wall where it forms an angle, and comes to an end, they give it space to work it and they may sow the rest. Rabbi Yose says: if there are not four cubits there, one may not bring seed there.

8. 8

   הַקָּנִים הַיּוֹצְאִים מִן הֶעָרִיס וְחָס עֲלֵיהֶן לְפָסְקָן, כְּנֶגְדָּן מֻתָּר. עֲשָׂאָן כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהַלֵּךְ עֲלֵיהֶן הֶחָדָשׁ, אָסוּר:

   Canes which protrude from the aris and one is too concerned for them to cut them short, it is permitted to sow directly beneath them. If he made them [long] so that the new [growth] might spread along them, it is forbidden [two sow underneath].

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   הַפֶּרַח הַיּוֹצֵא מִן הֶעָרִיס, רוֹאִין אוֹתוֹ כְּאִלּוּ מְטֻטֶּלֶת תְּלוּיָה בוֹ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ אָסוּר. וְכֵן בְּדָלִית. הַמּוֹתֵחַ זְמוֹרָה מֵאִילָן לְאִילָן, תַּחְתֶּיהָ אָסוּר. סִפְּקָהּ בְּחֶבֶל אוֹ בְגֶמִי, תַּחַת הַסִּפּוּק מֻתָּר. עֲשָׂאָהּ כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהַלֵּךְ עָלָיו הֶחָדָשׁ, אָסוּר:

   A blossom which protruded from the aris, it is regarded as if a plumb line were suspended from it, directly beneath it, it is prohibited [to sow]. Similarly, in the case of [a blossom protruding from] a hanging branch [of a single vine.] One who has stretched a vine-shoot from tree to tree, it is forbidden to sow beneath it. If he made an extension [to the vine] by means of rope or reed, it is permitted under the extension. If he made the extension so that the new [growth] might spread along it, it is forbidden.