Title: Anki Torah / Mishnayos
Tags: Peah Peah7 Peah6 Peah8 Peah4 Peah1 Peah3 Peah5 Peah2
On every note of this deck, unless a note says otherwise:
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: According to the Torah, what is the minimum measure of land that one must leave for the poor at harvest-time to fulfill the mitzvah of peah?
Back: There is no minimum
Title: Peah 1:1

Front: Can one fulfill one’s mitzvah of ‘reayon’ by appearing for a mere moment in the Temple?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 1:1

Front: From which phrase in the Torah do we learn that one is rewarded for the mitzvah of lovingkindness both in this and the next world?
Back: ‘finds life, righteousness and honour’ – Mishlei 21:21
Title: Peah 1:1

Front: Which mitzvah is equal to all the mitzvoth?
Back: The study of Torah
Title: Peah 1:1

Front: According to the Sages, what is the minimum measure of peah that must be left for the poor?
Back: 1/60th of one’s land
Title: Peah 1:2

Front: If one has a small field and there are many poor people, should one leave more than 1/60th of his field as peah?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 1:2

Front: According to the Tana Kama, in order to fulfill one’s mitzvah of peah, what minimum measure of produce must he leave the end of his field?
Back: Nothing
Title: Peah 1:3

Front: According to Rebbi Shimon, in order to fulfill one’s mitzvah of peah, what minimum measure of produce must he leave the end of his field?
Back: 1/60th
Title: Peah 1:3

Front: A person leaves as peah 1/60th of his produce in the middle of his field. According to Rebbi Yehudah what is the status of that produce?
Back: It is hefker
Title: Peah 1:3

Front: Why do herbs that are used as dyes, not require peah?
Back: Since they are not human food
Title: Peah 1:4

Front: Why do mushrooms not require peah?
Back: Since they do not grow from the ground
Title: Peah 1:4

Front: Why do vegetables not require in peah?
Back: Since they are not stored (i.e. they spoil quickly)
Title: Peah 1:4

Front: From which word in the Torah do we learn the characteristics that make a produce liable for peah?
Back: ‘harvest’ – Vayikra 19:9
Title: Peah 1:4

Front: Which fruits of the Seven Species are liable to peah?
Back: Grapes, pomegranates, olives and dates
Title: Peah 1:5

Front: A person neglects to leave peah in his field. After cutting all his produce, he decides to leave 1/60th thereof as peah. (a) Has he fulfilled his mitzvah of peah? (b) Must he take terumah and maaser from the 1/60th that he set aside as peah?
Back: No
Title: Peah 1:6

Front: After a person’s produce has been evened, he declares it all ownerless. Must terumah and maaser still be taken?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 1:6

Front: If one takes kernels from the granary after the piles have been evened in order to sow, he is obligated in terumah and maaser. Is this a Torah or rabbinical law?
Back: Rabbinical
Title: Peah 1:6

Front: A Kohein purchases produce from the threshing floor after it has been evened. Is he permitted to keep the terumah and why (according to the Jerusalem Talmud)?
Back: No. This is a fine to discourage Kohanim and Leviyim from rushing to purchase in the granaries, thereby depriving their brethren of their dues
Title: Peah 1:6

Front: A private way that is more than 4 amot wide runs through a person’s field. May the owner leave peah on the one side of the path in respect of the produce in the entire field?
Back: No
Title: Peah 2:1

Front: For each of the following state whether the land is considered as 2 fields or one field regarding the obligation of peah: A strip of barley sown down the middle of a wheat field.
Back: Two fields
Title: Peah 2:1

Front: For each of the following state whether the land is considered as 2 fields or one field regarding the obligation of peah: a private path, that people walk along during the sunny season but not during the rainy season, running through the middle of a field
Back: One field
Title: Peah 2:1

Front: When does a water conduit divide a field into two regarding peah according to Rebbi Yehudah?
Back: When it prevents the entire field from being reaped as one
Title: Peah 2:2

Front: What is the only type of separation that divides an orchard into 2 entities for peah?
Back: A partition at least ten tefachim high
Title: Peah 2:3

Front: A 20 tefachim fence runs through the middle of a carob orchard and despite the fence all the carob trees ‘see one another’. According to Raban Gamliel, is the orchard considered as one for peah?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 2:4

Front: A 20 tefachim fence runs through the middle of a carob orchard and despite the fence all the carob trees ‘see one another’. According to Rebbi Eliezer son of Tzadok, is the orchard considered as one for peah?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 2:4

Front: A person has wheat and barley sown in his field but he collects the produce for both grains in one threshing floor. Does he give peah separately for wheat and for barley or does he give one peah for the combined produce?
Back: He gives peah separately for wheat and for barley
Title: Peah 2:5

Front: A person has 2 types of wheat sown in his field and he collects the produce for both types in 2 threshing floors. Does he give peah separately for each type or does he give one peah for the combined produce?
Back: He gives peah separately for each type
Title: Peah 2:6

Front: From which phrase in the Torah do we learn that peah does not apply to produce that was cut down by the wind or by animals?
Back: ‘and when you reap’ – Vayikra 19:9
Title: Peah 2:7

Front: A person reaps half of his field and robbers reap the other half. Is the owner liable to peah?
Back: No
Title: Peah 2:7

Front: A person reaps half of his field and then sells the rest of the produce in the field. Who is liable to peah?
Back: The purchaser
Title: Peah 2:8

Front: A person reaps half of his field and then sells the rest of the produce in the field. Howmuch peah must he leave?
Back: Peah for the whole field
Title: Peah 2:8

Front: Beds of grain are sown amongst olive trees in such a way that the beds are in the shape of squares that overlap. According to Bet Shamai, must peah be taken for each bed separately?
Back: No
Title: Peah 3:1

Front: Beds of grain are sown amongst olive trees in such a way that the beds are in the shape of squares that overlap. According to Bet Hillel, must peah be taken for each bed separately?
Back: No
Title: Peah 3:1

Front: Explain what it means that a person ‘checkers’ his field.
Back: He reaps his field portion by portion where the produce has already ripened and is dry giving the field a checkered appearance
Title: Peah 3:2

Front: According to whose opinion in the Mishnah is a checkered field treated the same as a normal field regarding peah?
Back: The Sages
Title: Peah 3:2

Front: A person plucks moist onions to sell immediately in the marketplace and leaves the dry ones to pluck later at storage time. Why is peah given separately for the 2 pluckings?
Back: They are considered to be 2 different types
Title: Peah 3:3

Front: A person who ‘thins’ does not have to give peah from the plants that he thinned. What is thinning?
Back: The uprooting of some seeds to allow ample space for the remaining ones to grow well
Title: Peah 3:3

Front: A person who ‘thins’ does not have to give peah from the plants that he thinned. Why does one not have to give peah?
Back: It is not considered ‘reaping’ as the uprooting is done only for the sake of the remaining seeds
Title: Peah 3:3

Front: According to the Tana Kama, are seed onions suitable for eating?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 3:4

Front: According to the Tana Kama, are seed onions suitable for storage?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 3:4

Front: True or false? Partners in a field must each give peah separately?
Back: FALSE
Title: Peah 3:5

Front: A person sells all the trees of his field but not the land. Who is liable to give peah for the trees?
Back: The purchaser
Title: Peah 3:5

Front: According to Rebbi Eliezer, what is the minimum measure of land that is liable in peah?
Back: No minimum
Title: Peah 3:6

Front: According to Rebbi Akiva, what is the minimum measure of land that is liable in peah?
Back: Land of the area fit for sowing quarter of a kav of grain
Title: Peah 3:6

Front: What is the minimum measure of land for which a prozbul may be written?
Back: No minimum
Title: Peah 3:6

Front: A mortally ill person assigns all of his property in writing to another. If he recovers from his illness, is the gift valid?
Back: No
Title: Peah 3:7

Front: A mortally ill person assigns his property in writing to another but retains a small amount of land for himself. If he recovers from his illness, is the gift valid?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 3:7

Front: A person assigns all of his property to his Canaanite slave. Why does the slave become free?
Back: Since the slave himself is included in the property of the master, the slave has effectively acquired himself.
Title: Peah 3:8

Front: The owner of a field must leave peah attached to the ground for the poor people to uproot. Why is this not the case with a palm tree, in which case the peah dates should be taken off the tree by the owner?
Back: It would be dangerous for the poor to climb the trees while jostling with one another to get the dates off the tree
Title: Peah 4:1

Front: According to our Mishnah, which 2 trees do not require that the peah be uprooted by the owner?
Back: Suspended vines and palm trees
Title: Peah 4:2

Front: A poor person takes some peah and throws it over other peah that has not yet been collected in order to hide it from other poor people. What is his fine for doing such an act?
Back: They take from him even the peah that he has collected
Title: Peah 4:3

Front: Why may the poor not uproot peah with spades?
Back: Lest they strike one another while jostling to collect peah
Title: Peah 4:4

Front: What are the 3 times of the day that landowners must give to the poor to collect peah?
Back: Morning, midday and Mincha
Title: Peah 4:5

Front: According to which Tana, were these times instituted for the benefit of the landowners?
Back: Rebbi Akiva
Title: Peah 4:5

Front: A gentile reaps his field and then converts to Judaism before tying up the ears of corn. Based on what phrase in the Torah does the Tana Kama learn that he is exempt from peah?
Back: ‘And when you reap’ – Vayikra 19:9
Title: Peah 4:6

Front: A gentile reaps his field and then converts to Judaism before tying up the ears of corn. According to Rebbi Yehudah, is he exempt from shichecha?
Back: No
Title: Peah 4:6

Front: A person consecrates his produce while the ears of corn are standing. He then reaps the produce and thereafter redeems the sheaves. Why is he exempt from peah?
Back: Since it was consecrated (and hence did not belong to him) at the time of reaping
Title: Peah 4:7

Front: If a person consecrates produce after it is liable for maaser, is the produce still subject to maaser?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 4:8

Front: According to the Sages, may a poor person gather peah on behalf of another poor person and why?
Back: Yes. Since he can acquire it for himself, he can acquire it for his fellow
Title: Peah 4:9

Front: A rich person gathers peah on behalf of a particular poor person. According to Rebbi Eliezer, is the acquisition valid?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 4:9

Front: A rich person gathers peah on behalf of a particular poor person. According to the Sages, is the acquisition valid?
Back: No
Title: Peah 4:9

Front: True or false? Leket refers to the ears that fall to the ground while reaping.
Back: TRUE
Title: Peah 4:10

Front: For each of the following state whether it is leket: 2 ears that fall to the ground while reaping from inside the sickle.
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 4:10

Front: For each of the following state whether it is leket: 1 ear that falls to the ground from the hand as a result of the prick of a thorn.
Back: No
Title: Peah 4:10

Front: For each of the following state whether it is leket: 3 ears that fall to the ground from inside the hand
Back: No
Title: Peah 4:10

Front: Kernels of produce are found in the upper and lower ant-holes after the reapers. According to the Tana Kama, which of the kernels are for the poor?
Back: Those found in the upper holes
Title: Peah 4:11

Front: Kernels of produce are found in the upper and lower ant-holes after the reapers. According to Rebbi Meir, which of the kernels are for the poor?
Back: Those found in the upper and lower holes
Title: Peah 4:11

Front: If the owner of a field makes a heap of produce on top of leket, the owner of the field is fined. Why?
Back: Because he covered and hence hid the leket from the poor
Title: Peah 5:1

Front: ‘as much as usually falls’ – according to the Gemara, what fraction of the harvest is this?
Back: 1/45th
Title: Peah 5:1

Front: An ear of leket gets mixed in a heap that is liable for maaser. Does the leket become liable for maaser?
Back: No
Title: Peah 5:2

Front: An ear of leket gets mixed in a heap that is liable for maaser. According to the Tana Kama, must the owner give the poor person the actual leket?
Back: No
Title: Peah 5:2

Front: According to Rebbi Meir, why may one not use a ‘tofeiach’ before the leket has been collected by the poor?
Back: The use of the tofeiach causes damage to the leket and hence a loss to the poor
Title: Peah 5:3

Front: In what situation may a wealthy person take peah?
Back: If he is on a journey and is in need
Title: Peah 5:4

Front: According to which Tana must he make restitution for what he took?
Back: The Tana Kama
Title: Peah 5:4

Front: Reuvein and Shimon, who are both poor, receive a field for sharecropping. May Reuvein take leket from his own portion?
Back: No
Title: Peah 5:5

Front: Reuvein and Shimon, who are both poor, receive a field for sharecropping. May Reuvein take leket from Shimon’s portion?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 5:5

Front: An owner of a field says to a poor person ‘Work my field and a third of what you reap is yours’. May he take leket?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 5:5

Front: An owner of a field says to a poor person ‘Work my field and a third of what you reap is yours’. May he take maaser ani?
Back: No
Title: Peah 5:5

Front: Reuvein, who is poor, purchases a field from Shimon, who is also poor. Leket, peah and shichecha are lying in the field. After the sale, which of the two is permitted to take leket, shichecha and peah from the field and why?
Back: Shimon, as he is no longer the owner of the field
Title: Peah 5:6

Front: May the owner of a field assist a particular poor person to collect leket from his (the owner’s) field?
Back: No
Title: Peah 5:6

Front: In order for a sheaf to be considered shichecha, does it have to be forgotten by the owner and the workers?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 5:7

Front: If the poor cause the owner to forget a sheaf, is the sheaf considered shichecha?
Back: No
Title: Peah 5:7

Front: While collecting the sheaves of a field to pile into ‘the heap’, a person forgets a sheaf in the field. Is the forgotten sheaf shichecha and why?
Back: Yes as it was forgotten during the completion of the work
Title: Peah 5:8

Front: A person renounces ownership of his produce in favour of the poor and not of the wealthy. According to Bet Hillel, is the produce exempt from maaser?
Back: No
Title: Peah 6:1

Front: A person collects all the sheaves in his field and forgets one sheaf. All the sheaves he collected are 1 kav and the one he forgot is 4 kavs. According to Bet Shamai, why is the sheaf that he forgot not shichecha?
Back: Four sheaves together are not shichecha and this sheaf is considered as containing 4 1-kav sheaves
Title: Peah 6:1

Front: A sheaf is forgotten close to plowing implements. According to Bet Hillel, is the sheaf considered shichecha?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 6:2

Front: The sheaves in a field are lined up in 10 rows running from north to south with 5 sheaves in each row running from east to west. The sheaves in the easternmost row are collected but the 7th sheaf is left. Why is that sheaf not shichecha?
Back: Because it can be presumed that the sheaf will be collected together with the sheaves to the west of it (i.e. the whole of the 7th row)
Title: Peah 6:3

Front: Two people collect sheaves along a row. They start in the middle of the row and walk away from each other, each collecting the sheaves from the half-row in front of them. If one of them leaves a sheaf in front of them is it shichecha?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 6:4

Front: Two people collect sheaves along a row. They start in the middle of the row and walk away from each other, each collecting the sheaves from the half-row in front of them. If they both leave a sheaf behind them, why is it not shichecha?
Back: Each one relied on the other to collect it
Title: Peah 6:4

Front: A person begins to collect sheaves from the beginning of a row and he forgot a sheaf at the end of the row. Why is that sheaf not shichecha?
Back: Because it does not infringe on the law of ‘you shall not go back to fetch it’ and it can be presumed that he did not forget it but left it for later.
Title: Peah 6:4

Front: From which verse do Bet Hillel and Bet Shamai learn the lowest quantity of fallen produce that does not qualify as leket?
Back: ‘it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless and for the widow’ – Devarim 24:20
Title: Peah 6:5

Front: According to Bet Hillel, what is the lowest quantity of fallen produce that does not qualify as leket??
Back: Three
Title: Peah 6:5

Front: According to Bet Shamai, the lowest quantity of fallen produce that does not qualify as leket??
Back: Four
Title: Peah 6:5

Front: What is ‘peret’?
Back: Grape gleanings
Title: Peah 6:5

Front: One sheaf containing 2 seahs was forgotten in a field. Is it shichecha?
Back: No
Title: Peah 6:6

Front: Two sheaves each containing 1 seah were forgotten together in a field. According to the Sages, why are they shichecha?
Back: Because it is seen as a bundle of small sheaves and not as a heap
Title: Peah 6:6

Front: While reaping, a portion of standing corn containing 3 seahs, is forgotten. Is it shichecha?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 6:7

Front: ‘Standing corn saves a sheaf’ – explain.
Back: Standing corn that was not forgotten saves from the law of shichecha a sheaf that was forgotten
Title: Peah 6:8

Front: A person forgets a seah of plucked grain and a seah of unplucked grain. Do they join together to be exempt from shichecha?
Back: No
Title: Peah 6:9

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah, are vegetables with edible stalks buried in the ground subject to shichecha?
Back: No
Title: Peah 6:10

Front: According to the Sages, are vegetables with edible stalks buried in the ground subject to shichecha?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 6:10

Front: A blind person forgets a sheaf. Is it shichecha and why?
Back: Yes as he takes every measure to ensure that the sheaves are not forgotten. Therefore a sheaf that is forgotten, is not as a result of his blindness.
Title: Peah 6:11

Front: A person says ‘I gather my sheaves on condition that what I forget is not shichecha’. Why is this not a valid stipulation?
Back: Because it contradicts a Torah law
Title: Peah 6:11

Front: While harvesting, one forgets to pick the olives of a Netofah olive-tree at a time when Netofah was renowned. Why is it not shichecha according to the Tana Kama?
Back: Because it is renowned, the owner will remember it
Title: Peah 7:1

Front: While harvesting, one forgets to pick the fruit of an abundantly yielding tree. Is it shichecha?
Back: No
Title: Peah 7:1

Front: Why is there no shichecha on olive trees according to Rebbi Yosi?
Back: Because they are important (and will therefore be remembered)
Title: Peah 7:1

Front: A person begins harvesting the olives of a Netofah olive-tree in its time and he forgets to complete the harvesting. Is the remaining 1 seah of olives considered shichecha?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 7:2

Front: According to the Tana Kama, as long as there are olives under the olive-tree, the olives on the top of the tree are not shichechWhy?
Back: As long as the olive pickers gather olives under the tree, they look up above to see if any olives are left on the tree. Since the olive’s on top still receive attention, they are not shichecha.
Title: Peah 7:2

Front: Are grapes that fall off a grapevine during harvesting as a result of an accident, considered ‘peret’?
Back: No
Title: Peah 7:3

Front: Why may a grape-picker not place a basket under the vine while he is harvesting?
Back: He is effectively taking from the poor that to which they are entitled
Title: Peah 7:3

Front: Peret is to leket what olelet is to ________?
Back: Peah
Title: Peah 7:4

Front: A small cluster of grapes that has neither katef nor natef must not be harvested from a vine. Quote the phrase in the Torah that gives this instruction?
Back: ‘and you shall not glean your vineyard’ – Vayikra 19:10
Title: Peah 7:4

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah is a ‘single berry’ considered olelet?
Back: No
Title: Peah 7:4

Front: According to the Sages is a ‘single berry’ considered olelet?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 7:4

Front: According to which Tana may an owner of a field thin the peah to allow the rest of the harvest more space to grow and thrive?
Back: Rebbi Yehudah
Title: Peah 7:5

Front: According to Bet Shamai, regarding which laws is neta revai not similar to maaser sheini?
Back: Chomesh and removal
Title: Peah 7:6

Front: Which word in the Torah creates a gezeira shava between neta revai and maaser sheini?
Back: ‘holy’
Title: Peah 7:6

Front: According to Bet Hillel, is neta revai subject to peret?
Back: No
Title: Peah 7:6

Front: Describe a vineyard that is ‘all olelot’.
Back: There is no cluster in the entire vineyard that has katef or natef
Title: Peah 7:7

Front: According to Rebbi Eliezer, a vineyard that is all olelot is not liable to olelot. Why?
Back: Only a person who harvests his vineyard is liable to leave olelot. Since there would be no harvest in our case, he does not have to leave olelot.
Title: Peah 7:7

Front: According to Rebbi Eliezer, a vineyard that is all olelot is not liable to olelot. Does Rebbi Akiva agree with this law?
Back: No
Title: Peah 7:7

Front: A person consecrates his vineyard after the olelot in it were recognizable. According to the Tana Kama how much of the olelot belongs to the poor and why?
Back: All of the olelot since the vineyard was liable to olelot before it was consecrated
Title: Peah 7:8

Front: What is ‘rogliyot’ ?
Back: Ground-trained vines at foot level
Title: Peah 7:8

Front: When does shichecha apply to a vine in the rogliyot?
Back: After the harvester passes the vine
Title: Peah 7:8

Front: Who are the ‘namoshot’?
Back: The poor, the elderly and those who walk with a cane
Title: Peah 8:1

Front: At what point is peret considered hefker?
Back: After the poor have returned to a field for the second time to collect the peret
Title: Peah 8:1

Front: A poor am ha’aretz is selling produce (at harvesting time) that he says is shichechIs one who purchases the produce liable to terumah and maaser?
Back: No
Title: Peah 8:2

Front: A poor am ha’aretz is selling produce (at harvesting time) that he says is shichechIs shichecha generally liable to terumah and maaser?
Back: No
Title: Peah 8:2

Front: Is an am ha’aretz Levite believed to say that his produce is maaser rishon?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 8:2

Front: Why is a poor am ha’aretz not believed to say that the bread in his possession is from gifts to the poor?
Back: Because people do not give bread as gifts to the poor
Title: Peah 8:3

Front: For each of the following state whether a poor am ha’aretz is believed to say that the food in his possession is from gifts to the poor: seorah of rice.
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 8:3

Front: For each of the following state whether a poor am ha’aretz is believed to say that the food in his possession is from gifts to the poor: pounded beans.
Back: No
Title: Peah 8:3

Front: In what situation is a poor am ha’aretz believed to say that cooked raw greens are from maaser ani?
Back: When it is a small quantity
Title: Peah 8:4

Front: From which phrase in the Torah do we learn that there is a minimum quantity of maaser ani that one must give to a poor person?
Back: ‘and be satisfied’ – Devarim 26:12
Title: Peah 8:5

Front: According to the Tana Kama, what is the minimum amount of wheat that one must give from maaser ani (from the threshing floor) to a poor person?
Back: Half a kav
Title: Peah 8:5

Front: According to Abba Shaul, what is the minimum amount of produce that one must give from maaser ani (from the threshing floor) to a poor person?
Back: Enough to enable him to sell it and purchase 2 meals with the proceeds
Title: Peah 8:5

Front: Up to how much of one’s maaser ani may one save for one’s relatives?
Back: Half
Title: Peah 8:6

Front: If one has a small quantity of maaser ani to distribute, is he exempt from distributing it?
Back: No
Title: Peah 8:6

Front: ‘when 4 seahs cost a sela’ – rewrite this in kavs and pundions.
Back: ‘when 24 kavs cost 48 pundions’ OR ‘when 1 kav costs 2 pundions’
Title: Peah 8:7

Front: If a traveler is staying in the city over Shabbat, how much food must he be given from the tamchuy?
Back: Enough for 3 meals
Title: Peah 8:7

Front: Why are 3 people required to distribute money from the kupah?
Back: Distribution of charity must be administered by at least 3 people
Title: Peah 8:7

Front: A person’s property has a value of 250 dinars and the property is mortgaged to a creditor. May he collect shichecha?
Back: Yes
Title: Peah 8:8

Front: What is the consequence for someone who takes charity but is not poor?
Back: He will not leave the world before being in need of his fellow man
Title: Peah 8:9

Front: What is the consequence for a judge who takes bribes and perverts judgment?
Back: He will not die in his old age before his eyes grow dim
Title: Peah 8:9