Halakhah for Peah 2:4
וְלֶחָרוּבִין, כָּל הָרוֹאִין זֶה אֶת זֶה. אָמַר רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, נוֹהֲגִין הָיוּ בֵּית אַבָּא, נוֹתְנִין פֵּאָה אַחַת לַזֵּיתִים שֶׁהָיוּ לָהֶם בְּכָל רוּחַ, וְלֶחָרוּבִין, כָּל הָרוֹאִין זֶה אֶת זֶה. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי צָדוֹק אוֹמֵר מִשְּׁמוֹ, אַף לֶחָרוּבִין שֶׁהָיוּ לָהֶם בְּכָל הָעִיר:
And for carob trees, all that are in sight of one another. Rabban Gamliel said: It was customary in my father’s house to give one <i>Peah</i> for the olive trees on each side, and for the carob trees [to give once for] all that are in sight of one another. Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok says in his name: Even for the carob trees that they had in the entire city.
Peninei Halakhah, Women's Prayer
One must recite Birkhot Ha-Torah before studying any part of the Torah (SA 47:2). In other words, even one who only intends to learn Midrash or halakha on a particular day must recite Birkhot Ha-Torah at the onset of that day. The reason for this is that the entire Torah – whether the Written Torah or the Oral Torah, halakha and theology – was all given from God to Moshe at Sinai (y. Pe’ah 2:4), and when studying them, one must recite, “Who chose us from among all His nations and gave us His Torah.”
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