We eat the seeds — not the plant
The Egyptian bean, grown for its seed
Rabbi Shimon ShizuriLike the rice and millet — the rooting year decides→ like rice and millet: the year it took root
Eaten fresh, as a vegetable?
then it goes by the year it is picked
Large chickpeas
Rabbi ShimonSame rule→ the year it took root
Rabbi ElazarOnly if they podded before Rosh Hashana→ only if the peas formed before Rosh Hashanah
Sheviis 2:8
Beans and Peas Planted for Seed
פּוֹל הַמִּצְרִי וַאֲפוּנִין הַגַּמְלוֹנִין
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שְׁזוּרִי אוֹמֵר, פּוֹל הַמִּצְרִי שֶׁזְּרָעוֹ לְזֶרַע בַּתְּחִלָּה, כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֲפוּנִין הַגַּמְלוֹנִין, כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן.
רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר, אֲפוּנִין הַגַּמְלוֹנִין, מִשֶּׁתִּרְמְלוּ לִפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה: