Two sheaves are <i>Shikhechah</i> and three are not <i>Shikhechah</i>, two piles of olives or carobs are <i>Shikhechah</i> and three are not <i>Shikhechah</i>, two flax-stalks are <i>Shikhechah</i> and three are not <i>Shikhechah</i>, two single grapes are <i>Peret</i> [fallen grapes given to the poor] and three are not <i>Peret</i>, two ears of grain are <i>Leket</i> [fallen gleanings given to the poor] and three are not <i>Leket</i> - [these are] the words of Beit Hillel; regarding all these, Beit Shammai said: Three [belong] to the poor and four to the property owner.
Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is that which they, may their memory be blessed, said (Mishnah Peah 6:5), "One or two sheaves are gleanings, three are not gleanings" - meaning to say, if three sheaves or more fall together from the hand of the harvester, the three of them [go] to the owner of the field; as the law of gleanings is only with a little, and specifically when the gleanings fell from the harvester without duress (Mishnah Peah 4:10). But if a thorn struck his hand and they fell, this is not gleanings. And [if there] is a doubt [whether they are] gleanings, they are [considered] gleanings; as it is stated (Psalms 82:3), "the poor and destitute shall you justify" - justify from what is yours and give [it] to him. And the law of produce that is found in ant holes (Mishnah Peah 4:10); the law of a sheave of gleanings that is mixed up in a pile (Mishnah Peah 4:2); and the rest of its details are elucidated in Tractate Peah. And with regards to in which place it is practiced and who is obligated about it and the punishment of one who transgresses it, it is all like the corner.
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Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is that which they, may their memory be blessed, said (Mishnah Peah 6:5), "Which is fallen grapes? That is one or two [grapes]" that separate from the cluster at the time of the grape harvest." But three [grapes]" that fell at one time "are not fallen grapes." If he was harvesting and he threw them to the ground, when he removes the clusters, even half of a cluster that is found [all separated] there is fallen grapes; and so [too,] a whole cluster that separated there, behold it is fallen grapes. And [regarding] the one who places his basket under the vine at the time of the grape harvest - behold, this one robs the poor (Mishnah Peah 7:5). [These] and the rest of its details are in Tractate Peah (see Tur, Yoreh Deah 332).
