Sheviis 3:4 — Penning the flock in the field

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נושא · Topicהַמְדַיֵּר אֶת שָׂדֵהוּPenning the flock in the field
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Mishnah שביעית ג׳:ד׳ · Sheviis 3:4
הַמְדַיֵּר אֶת שָׂדֵהוּ, עוֹשֶׂה סַהַר לְבֵית סָאתַיִם, עוֹקֵר שָׁלֹשׁ רוּחוֹת וּמַנִּיחַ אֶת הָאֶמְצָעִית.
נִמְצָא מְדַיֵּר בֵּית אַרְבַּעַת סְאִין.
רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, בֵּית שְׁמוֹנַת סְאִין.
הָיְתָה כָל שָׂדֵהוּ בֵּית אַרְבַּעַת סְאִין, מְשַׁיֵּר מִמֶּנָּה מִקְצָת, מִפְּנֵי מַרְאִית הָעַיִן, וּמוֹצִיא מִן הַסַּהַר וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ כְּדֶרֶךְ הַמְזַבְּלִין:
One who pens [his flock] on his field [to manure it], makes a pen the size of two beis se'ah, uproots three sides and leaves the middle one.
He is thus found to manure [an area of] four beis se'ah.
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: [an area of] eight beis se'ah.
If his whole field was [only] four beis se'ah, he must leave over a portion of it, because of appearance's sake, and he takes from the pen and places [it] onto his field in the manner of those who manure:
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case/objectrestrictive rulingpermissive rulingTannareasongeneral rule
Structure
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הַמְדַיֵּר אֶת שָׂדֵהוּ — עוֹשֶׂה סַהַר לְבֵית סָאתַיִם עוֹקֵר שָׁלֹשׁ רוּחוֹת וּמַנִּיחַ אֶת הָאֶמְצָעִית 1 the pen goes up 2 the walls flip over 3 נִמְצָא מְדַיֵּר בֵּית אַרְבַּעַת סְאִין the whole field grazed רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, בֵּית שְׁמוֹנַת סְאִין doubles it — eight se'ah
Summary Chart
Penning the flock in the field▾
CaseRulingReason
How does one pen (medayer) his flock in his field?Fence a pen (sahar) of a two-se'ah space; then uproot three walls, leave the middle wall, and shift the pen onward—
How much of the field may he pen in all?Tanna Kamma: A four-se'ah space—
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel: An eight-se'ah space—
And if his whole field is only a four-se'ah space?He leaves a bit of the field unpenned, then carries the manure out of the pen and piles it in his field the way the fertilizer-heaps are madeמִפְּנֵי מַרְאִית הָעַיִן — it should not look like he is fertilizing his field
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