Talmud for Kilayim 6:2

עָרִיס שֶׁהוּא יוֹצֵא מִן הַמַּדְרֵגָה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, אִם עוֹמֵד בָּאָרֶץ וּבוֹצֵר אֶת כֻּלּוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹסֵר אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת בַּשָּׂדֶה, וְאִם לָאו, אֵינוֹ אוֹסֵר אֶלָּא כְנֶגְדּוֹ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אַף הַנּוֹטֵעַ אַחַת בָּאָרֶץ וְאַחַת בַּמַּדְרֵגָה, אִם גָּבוֹהַּ מִן הָאָרֶץ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אֵינָהּ מִצְטָרֶפֶת עִמָּהּ, וְאִם לָאו, הֲרֵי זוֹ מִצְטָרֶפֶת עִמָּהּ:

An <i>aris</i> that protrudes from the terrace [built on a hill side and hangs over the field below it], Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says, If one standing on the ground [in the field below] can pick all of it [the grapes], it prohibits [sowing] four cubits in the field. But if not [he cannot pick them from the field] it only prohibits [sowing] that which is directly beneath it. Rabbi Eliezer says, Similarly, if one plants one on the ground and one on the terrace, if it [the terrace] is ten handbreadths high from the ground, it does not combine with her. But if not [the terrace is less than ten handbreadths] it combines with her.

Jerusalem Talmud Sheviit

Rebbi Simeon and Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob said the same thing since Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman, Rebbi Jonathan, said in the name of Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob⁸⁰Kilaim 6:2, Note 23. Since R. Eliezer ben Jacob states that a trunk sticking out from the ground less than a hand-breadth is forbidden as orlah only by rabbinic decree, it follows that R. Simeon in the Mishnah also treats the prohibition of ploughing before the Sabbatical year as rabbinic. Otherwise, he and R. Eliezer ben Jacob would not say the same thing.: He who prunes his vineyard down to less than a hand-breadth is subject to the rules of orlah because of the bad appearance. The Sages say, only if he prunes down to the ground.

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