Halakhah for Kilayim 5:3

חָרִיץ שֶׁהוּא עוֹבֵר בַּכֶּרֶם, עָמֹק עֲשָׂרָה וְרָחָב אַרְבָּעָה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, אִם הָיָה מְפֻלָּשׁ מֵרֹאשׁ הַכֶּרֶם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה נִרְאֶה כְּבֵין שְׁנֵי כְרָמִים, וְזוֹרְעִים בְּתוֹכוֹ. וְאִם לָאו, הֲרֵי הוּא כְגָת. וְהַגַּת שֶׁבְּכֶרֶם עֲמֻקָּה עֲשָׂרָה וּרְחָבָה אַרְבָּעָה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, זוֹרְעִים בְּתוֹכָהּ, וַחֲכָמִים אוֹסְרִים. שׁוֹמֵרָה שֶׁבַּכֶּרֶם, גְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה וּרְחָבָה אַרְבָּעָה, זוֹרְעִין בְּתוֹכָהּ. וְאִם הָיָה שֵׂעָר כּוֹתֵשׁ, אָסוּר:

A trench that passes through a vineyard ten [handbreadths] deep and four [handbreadths] wide, Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says, If it [the trench] is open [runs through] from the beginning of the vineyard to the end, it has the appearance of being two vineyards and one may sow in it, and if not, it is [viewed] as a winepress [in a vineyard where it is forbidden to sow]. A winepress in a vineyard, ten [handbreadths] deep and four [handbreadths] wide, Rabbi Eliezer says, one may sow in it, and the Sages say forbid it. A watch-mound [where the watchman stands] in a vineyard ten [handbreadths] high and four [handbreadths] wide, one may sow in it, but if the ends of the vine-branches became entwined [over the mound] it is forbidden.

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