Jerusalem Talmud Peah 6:5

משנה: הָעוֹמֶר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ סְאָתַיִם וּשְׁכָחוֹ אֵינוֹ שִׁכְחָה. שְׁנֵי עֳמָרִים וּבָהֶן סְאָתַיִם רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר לְבַעַל הַבַּיִת. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים לָעֲנִייִם. אָמַר רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל וְכִי מֵרוֹב הָעֳמָרִים יוֹפֵּי כֹחַ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת אוֹ הוֹרָע כֹּחַ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת. אָֽמְרוּ לוֹ יוֹפֵּי כֹחַ. אָמַר לָהֶן מַה אִם בִּזְמָן שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֶר אֶחָד וּבוֹ סְאָתַיִם וּשְׁכָחוֹ אֵינוֹ שִׁכְחָה. שְׁנֵי עוֹמָרִין וּבָהֶן סְאָתַיִם אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁלֹּא יְהוּ שִׁכְחָה. אָֽמְרוּ לוֹ אִם אָֽמְרוּ בְעוֹמֶר אֶחָד שֶׁהוּא כְגָדִישׁ. תֹּאמַר בִּשְׁנֵי עוֹמָרִין שֶׁהֵן כִּכְרִיכוֹת. קָמָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ סְאָתַיִם וּשְׁכָחָהּ אֵינָהּ שִׁכְחָה. אֵין בָּהּ סְאָתַיִם אֲבָל אִִם רְאוּיָה לַעֲשׂוֹת סְאָתַיִם אֲפִילוּ הִיא שֶׁל טוֹפַח רוֹאִין אוֹתָהּ כְּאִילּוּ הִיא עֲנָבָה שֶׁל שְׂעוֹרִים. MISHNAH: A sheaf containing two seah¹⁰⁴25.6 liter, about .9 cu. ft., cf. Berakhot 3:4:4" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Berakhot.3.4.4">Berakhot, Chapter 3, Note 164. Halakhah 6 spells out that the grain kernels alone, without the straw, are meant. that was forgotten is not a “forgotten sheaf.” Two sheaves that together are two seah, Rabban Gamliel says, they are for the proprietor, but the Sages say, they are for the poor. Rabban Gamliel said to them: Does large size of the sheaves increase or decrease the power of the proprietor? They said to him, it increases it. He said to them: Since a sheaf containing two seah that was forgotten is not “forgotten sheaf,” it is only logical that two sheaves that together are two seah should not be “forgotten sheaf” either. They said to him, if they said that about one sheaf that is like a stack¹⁰⁵Exempt from the laws of “forgotten sheaves,” Mishnah 6:2. This applies to sheaves as large as a stack., do you want to say the same about two sheaves that are like bundles?
Standing produce of two seah which was forgotten is not “forgotten sheaf.” If it does not have two seah but it might bring two seah, even if it were oats¹¹³Arabic קוּרטֻמָאן “oats”, with short kernels (Translation of Maimonides). Arukh translates טופח by Arabic גֹֻלֻבָּאן, peas. Barley grains are three to an inch. The field would not be under the laws of “forgetting” if it would yield .9 cu. ft. if all grains were the size of barley grains (in the shell, hairs attached.) it is considered like barley grains.

הלכה: אָמַר רִבִּי לָֽעְזָר כְּתִיב כִּי תִקְצוֹר קְצִירְךָ בְשָׂדֶךְ וְשָׁכַחְתָּ עוֹמֶר בַּשָּׂדֶה. עוֹמֶר שֶׁאַתְּ יָכוֹל לִפְשׁוֹט יָֽדְךָ וְלִיטְלוֹ. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַּנֵּי וְשָׁכַחְתָּ עוֹמֶר וְלֹא גָדִישׁ. HALAKHAH: Rebbi Eleazar said, it is written (Deuteronomy.24.19">Deut. 24:19): “When you are harvesting your harvest on your field and you forget a sheaf on the field,” a sheaf to which you may stretch out your hand and take it¹⁰⁶But not one where you need both hands.. Some Tannaïm stated¹⁰⁷Sifry Deut. 283.: “And you forget a sheaf,” but not a stack.

הֵיךְ עֲבִידָא שָׁכַח עוֹמֶר אֶחָד בְּצִידּוֹ אִין תַּעֲבִדִּינָהּ עוֹמֶר דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל שִׁכְחָה. וְאִין תַּעֲבִדִּינָהּ גָּדִישׁ מַחְלוֹקֶת שַׁמַּאי וְהִלֵּל. שָׁכַח שְׁנֵי עוֹמָרִין בְּצִדּוֹ אִין תַּעֲבִדִּינָהּ עוֹמֶר מַחְלוֹקֶת בֵּית שַׁמַּאי וְהִלֵּל אִין תַּעֲבְדִּינֵיהּ גָּדִישׁ אֵינוֹ נִידּוֹן כְּשׁוּרָה. How does it work out¹⁰⁸What is the practical difference between R. Eleazar who treats the oversized sheaf as sheaf and the Tanna who treats it as a stack?? If he forgot one sheaf next to it, if you make it a sheaf, everybody agrees that it is “forgotten sheaf.¹⁰⁹Then you have two sheaves which for everybody are subject to “forgotten sheaves.”” If you make it a stack, a difference between Shammai and Hillel¹¹⁰This should read: the Houses of Shanmai and Hillel. The House of Shammai in Mishnah 6:2 freed the sheaf next to a stack from “forgotten sheaves;” the House of Hillel did not.. If he forgot two sheaves, if you make it sheaves, a difference between the Houses of Shammai and Hillel¹¹¹For the House of Hillel, one has three sheaves and it is an exempted row; for the House of Shammai one would need four.; if you make it a stack it will not be considered a row¹¹²Then one only has two sheaves which even for the House of Hillel are not a row..

אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹנָה כִּי תִקְצוֹר קְצִירְךָ בְשָׂדֶךְ וְשָׁכַחְתָּ עוֹמֶר בַּשָּׂדֶה. עוֹמֶר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ סְאָתַיִם וּשְׁכָחוֹ אֵינוֹ שִׁכְחָה. קָמָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ סְאָתַיִם וּשְׁכָחָהּ אֵינָהּ שִׁכְחָה. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וּבִלְבַד שִׁבֳּלִין. הָיוּ דַקּוֹת רוֹאִין אוֹתָן כְּאִילּוּ הֵן אֲרוּכוֹת. שְׁדוּפוֹת רוֹאִין אוֹתָן כְּאִילּוּ הֵן מְלֵיאוֹת. Rebbi Jonah said (Deuteronomy.24.19">Deut. 24:19): “When you are harvesting your harvest on your field and you forget a sheaf on the field,” a sheaf containing two seah that was forgotten is not “forgotten sheaf.” Standing produce¹¹⁴The field of the verse. containing two seah that was forgotten is not “forgotten sheaf.” Rebbi Yose said, considering only the ears¹¹⁵But not the straw.. If they were thin, one looks at them as if they were long, if they were scorched, one looks at them as if they were full.