Commentaire sur Péa 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:
Et pour les caroubiers, tout ce qui est en vue les uns des autres. Rabban Gamliel a dit: C'était coutumier chez mon père's maison pour donner un Peah pour les oliviers de chaque côté, et pour les caroubiers [pour donner une fois pour] tout ce qui est en vue les uns des autres. Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok dit en son nom: Même pour les caroubiers qu'ils avaient dans toute la ville.
Bartenura on Mishnah Peah
כל הרואים זה את זה – All the while that he stands near one of the trees, he can see the other tree; even though there is a fence between them, it does not divide, and he takes [one portion of] Peah from the one tree on behalf of its neighbor.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Peah
Introduction
This mishnah deals with peah for carob and olive trees.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Peah
לזיתים שהיו להם בכל רוח – They would give [one portion of] Peah on all the olives that they had on the eastern side of the city, and another [portion of] Peah for all the olives that they had on eh western side, and similarly for the four directions.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Peah
As for carob trees, [they are not divided] as long as they see one another. For a field of carob trees to be considered one field all the trees have to do is “see one another.” This means that someone standing next to one tree can see the other tree. If he can then the owner gives one peah from both trees.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Peah
שהיו להם בכל העיר – they do not give other than one [portion of] Peah for all of them, even though they don’t see each other, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer the son of Rabbi Tzadok who quoted him. But the Halakha is according to Rabban Gamaliel.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Peah
Rabban Gamaliel said: we had this custom in the house of my father. We would give separate peah from the olive trees in each direction and [one peah] for all the carob trees that saw one another. Rabban Gamaliel relates the custom that he had in his father’s house with regard to giving peah from carob and olive trees. He would give one peah from the olive trees that he had on all the different sides of the town. All of the olive trees are considered as if they were all part of one field. However, when it came to the carob trees he gave one peah for all of carob trees that were in sight of each other.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Peah
Rabbi Elazar bar Zadok said in his name: also for the carob trees they had in the whole city [they only gave one peah]. Rabbi Elazar bar Zadok relates a different tradition in the name of Rabban Gamaliel. According to this tradition, they also gave only one peah for all of the carob trees, just like they did for the olive trees.
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