New Chapter 6 - Bais Shamai

A machlokes we have mentioned many times, if hefker can target poor people or not.

Bais Hillel says no - it must be like shemita which is indiscriminate -

The gemara seems to indicate shemita is for all people of all nationalities, rich or poor, man or animal.

Reb Yochanan and Rish Lakish explain the two sides of the machlokes but this ends up having differences of it's own.

Have a great Yom Tov and we'll see you back on chol hamoaid IY"H.

Detailed discussion of what constitutes shikchah, Is it enough for the workers to forget the sheaves in the field or does the owner also play a role.

Complex ccases of shikcha where the field os covered in straw. A comparison to another case of shikcha borught in the tosefta.

Finally, the perek ends telling us the shikcha must take place just prior to the gmar melacha.

Partners sharing maaser oni, maaser sheni.

Treating father properly.

not giving advantages to one poor man over another.

Discussion of Ruth.

Halacha gimel When do we allow the interests of the owner to supersede the interests of the poor and do they compensate for it?

Halacha dalet Traveling without the American Express card can put you into a distressful situation and if you run out of money you can take leket shikcha and peah and even maaser oni!

What happens when you get home - do you have to pay it back? Machlokes -

Partner Arisus can have it's advantages.

How to designate a lost leket stalk in a mixture of other stalks.

A complicated discussion of making the one who has not taken possession as if they had.

Cases of shikcha - 5 sheaves or 6 sheaves will determine if you need to physically remove sheaf 5 or not.

Can you forget something twice?

Halacha bais - according to most meforshim besides Rambam - we deviate from leket and discuss shikcha.

Proximity to standing grain will save if it reaches and can be cut together with nearby grain.

What happens if a leket gets mixed into your private stock?

Shikcha by olive trees.

Proof that hefker bais din is hefker

Things grow differently nowadays then in the olden days with wheat coming of age in the summer rather than in the early spring.

Therefore, bais din can declare a post shemita year a leap year.

A machlokes how much is kdei nefila.

Describes the reasoning behind Reb Meir and the Tana Kama as to why the green kernels of grain would not belong to the owner.

New Perek 5 starts off with a knas to someone whose piles are placed on top of an area which has not been visited yet by the crowd.

Peah 39 discusses who can be zocheh for othe people.