Quoting%20commentary for Kilayim 3:5

נוֹטֵעַ אָדָם קִשּׁוּת וּדְלַעַת לְתוֹךְ גֻּמָּא אַחַת, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁתְּהֵא זוֹ נוֹטָה לְצַד זֶה, וְזוֹ נוֹטָה לְצַד זֶה, וְנוֹטֶה שֵׂעָר שֶׁל זוֹ לְכָאן, וְשֵׂעָר שֶׁל זוֹ לְכָאן. שֶׁכָּל מַה שֶּׁאָסְרוּ חֲכָמִים, לֹא גָזְרוּ אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי מַרְאִית הָעָיִן:

A man may plants cucumbers and gourds in the same hole, provided that this one leans towards this side [of the hole] and this one leans towards the other side, and the foliage of this one leans to this side and the foliage of this one leans to the other side, because whatever the Sages prohibited [in this case <i>kilayim</i>], they have decreed only for the sake of appearances.

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