Responsa for Peah 3:6

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, קַרְקַע בֵּית רֹבַע, חַיֶּבֶת בַּפֵּאָה. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, הָעוֹשָׂה סָאתַיִם. רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר, שִׁשָּׁה עַל שִׁשָּׁה טְפָחִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶן בְּתֵירָה אוֹמֵר, כְּדֵי לִקְצֹר וְלִשְׁנוֹת. וַהֲלָכָה כִּדְבָרָיו. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, קַרְקַע כָּל שֶׁהוּא, חַיֶּבֶת בַּפֵּאָה, וּבַבִּכּוּרִים, וְלִכְתֹּב עָלָיו פְּרוֹזְבּוּל, וְלִקְנוֹת עִמּוֹ נְכָסִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם אַחֲרָיוּת בְּכֶסֶף וּבִשְׁטָר וּבַחֲזָקָה:

Rabbi Eliezer says: Land [the size of a] <i>beit rova</i> [the quarter measurement] is obligated in <i>Peah</i>; Rabbi Yehoshua says: That [amount of land] which produces two <i>Seah</i> [a specific unit of volume]; Rabbi Tarfon says: Six [hand-breadths] by six hand-breadths. Rabbi Yehudah ben Beteirah says: [The size that would be needed] in order to harvest and repeat, and the law is according to his words. Rabbi Akiva says: Any size of land is obligated in <i>Peah</i>, and in <i>Bikurim</i> [First-fruits that must be brought to the Temple and given to the priest], and a <i>Pruzbul</i> [legal arrangement which avoids the mandatory Sabbatical year cancellation of personal debts by deeding them to the court, and being subsequently appointed their agent for collection] may be written against it, and movable property are acquired along with it by means of money, contract, or <i>chazakah</i> [action taken upon a property to formalize its legal acquisition].

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