כלאים ד׳Kilayim 4

Perek 4 of 9 in Kilayim — 9 mishnayot

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Mishnah 1א׳

קָרַחַת הַכֶּרֶם, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה. מְחוֹל הַכֶּרֶם, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה. וְאֵיזוֹ הִיא קָרַחַת הַכֶּרֶם. כֶּרֶם שֶׁחָרַב מֵאֶמְצָעוֹ. אִם אֵין שָׁם שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה, לֹא יָבִיא זֶרַע לְשָׁם. הָיוּ שָׁם שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה, נוֹתְנִין לָהּ עֲבוֹדָתָהּ, וְזוֹרֵעַ אֶת הַמּוֹתָר:

A karachat [bald patch] of a vineyard, Beit Shammai say, [one may plant there if it measures twenty-four [square] cubits, and Beit Hillel say, [it must measure] sixteen [square] cubits. The machol [the outer belt] of the vineyard, Beit Sahmmai say, [if it measures] sixteen cubits [one may sow there] and, Beit Hillel say twelve cubits. What is a karachat of a vineyard? A vineyard that became bald in the center. If it be less than sixteen cubits [according to Beit Hillel], one may not sow there, if it is sixteen cubits, it is given its work space [for tillage] and one may sow in the rest.

Mishnah 2ב׳

אֵיזֶה הוּא מְחוֹל הַכֶּרֶם. בֵּין כֶּרֶם לַגָּדֵר. אִם אֵין שָׁם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה, לֹא יָבִיא זֶרַע לְשָׁם. הָיוּ שָׁם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ עֲבוֹדָתוֹ וְזוֹרֵעַ אֶת הַמּוֹתָר:

What is a machol of the vineyard? The [space] between the vineyard and the fence . If there are not twelve cubits there, he may not sow in that space. If there were twelve cubits there, it is given its work space [for tillage] and one may sow in the rest.

Mishnah 3ג׳

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אֵין זֶה אֶלָּא גֶדֶר הַכֶּרֶם. וְאֵיזֶה הוּא מְחוֹל הַכֶּרֶם. בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַכְּרָמִים. אֵיזֶה הוּא גָדֵר, שֶׁהוּא גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים. וְחָרִיץ, שֶׁהוּא עָמֹק עֲשָׂרָה וְרָחָב אַרְבָּעָה:

Rabbi Yehudah says, This [above definition of a machol] is nothing more than the fence of a vineyard. What is a machol? [The area] between two vineyards. What is [considered] a fence? Anything that is ten handbreadths high. [What is considered] a trench? That which is ten [handbreadths] deep and four [handbreadths] wide.

Mishnah 4ד׳

מְחִצַּת הַקָּנִים, אִם אֵין בֵּין קָנֶה לַחֲבֵרוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּכָּנֵס הַגְּדִי, הֲרֵי זוֹ כִמְחִצָּה. וְגָדֵר שֶׁנִּפְרַץ, עַד עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת הֲרֵי הוּא כְפֶתַח, יָתֵר מִכֵּן, כְּנֶגֶד הַפִּרְצָה אָסוּר. נִפְרְצוּ בוֹ פְרָצוֹת הַרְבֵּה, אִם הָעוֹמֵד מְרֻבֶּה עַל הַפָּרוּץ, מֻתָּר, וְאִם הַפָּרוּץ מְרֻבֶּה עַל הָעוֹמֵד, כְּנֶגֶד הַפִּרְצָה אָסוּר:

A partition of reeds [around a vineyard], if between one reed and another there is less than three handbreadths through which a kid can enter [pass through], it is [considered] a partition. A fence [around a vineyard] that has been breached, up to ten cubits is considered an entrance [and he may plant seeds next to it]. [If the breach is] greater than this [ten cubits], it is forbidden [to sow right] opposite the breach. If there are several breaches in the fence [none greater than ten cubits], if the [total area] still standing is greater than the [total area] which has been breached it is permitted, but if the [total area] of that which has been breached is greater than the [total area] of that which is standing, it is forbidden [to sow right] opposite the breach.

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Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0