משנה: רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר ג̇ חֳדָשִׁים בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ בָּאֶמְצָע הֲרֵי שְׁמוֹנָה עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. רִבִּי עֲקִיבָה אוֹמֵר חֹדֶשׁ בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה וְחֹדֶשׁ בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ בָּאֶמְצָע הֲרֵי אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. אָמַר רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים בִּשְׂדֵה הַלָּבָן אֲבָל בִּשְׂדֵה הָאִילָן כָּנַס אֶת תְּבוּאָתוֹ מָסַק אֶת זֵיתָיו כָּנַס אֶת קֵייצוֹ הֲרֵי אֵילּוּ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים. MISHNAH: Rebbi Ismael says, three months in the first and three months in the last with twelve months in the middle, for a total of eighteen months³⁸The three years of undisturbed possession required in Mishnah 1 are not three calendar years but three harvests with time for preparation before the harvest and processing afterwards.. Rebbi Aqiba says, one month in the first and one month in the last with twelve months in the middle, for a total of fourteen months. Rebbi Ismael said, when has this been said? A field of grain. But for an orchard, if he harvested his yield³⁹The grape harvest, which in Deuteronomy.22.9">Deut. 22:9 is called “the vineyard’s yield”., lifted his olives, and collected his cut figs it counts for three years⁴⁰Depending on the trees in the orchard, three different undisturbed harvests establish a presumption of lawful possession..

הלכה: רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר. שְׁלֹשָׁה חֳדָשִׁים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים כול׳. שְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר. זוֹ דִבְרֵי רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְרִבִּי עֲקִיבָה. אֲבָל חֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. ג̇ שָׁנִים קָצִיר. ג̇ שָׁנִים בָּצִיר. ג̇ שָׁנִים מָסִיק. רַב אָמַר. זוֹ דִבְרֵי רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְרִבִּי עֲקִיבָה. אֲבָל חֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. ג̇ שָׁנִים מֵעֵת לָעֵת. רִבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָן בְּשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹנָתָן. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁחֲלוּקִין כָּאן כָּךְ חֲלוּקִין בִּשְׁנֵי אֱלִיָּהוּ. HALAKHAH: “Rebbi Ismael says, the first three months,” etc. ⁴¹Babli 36b. Samuel said, these are the words of Rebbi Ismael and Rebbi Aqiba. But the Sages say, three years grain cutting, three years grape harvesting, three years olive harvesting. Rav said, these are the words of Rebbi Ismael and Rebbi Aqiba. But the Sages say, three years from day to day. Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan: Just as they disagree here, so they disgree about Elijah’s years⁴²Whether the three years’ draught mentioned in 1K. 18:1 were 14 months, 18 months, or three full years..