Is a tenant-farmer, who planted barley instead of the instructed wheat, responsible, when the barley was ruined in a Makas Medina?
- Yes, had he followed directions, perhaps the landlord’s Tefillos for wheat would have been answered.
- Yes, perhaps the locusts who ate the field would have gone elsewhere to eat wheat; they came here to eat his barley!
- No. It’s not his fault; the entire region was struck!
- No, it was the landlord’s Mazal that caused the field to be ruined.
- No, not everyone merits a Nes.
If most of region was struck including the tenant-farmer’s other fields, must be pay his rent?
- No, it was a Makas Medina.
- Yes, the fact that all of his fields were struck shows that Hashem was punishing him; he thus caused the loss.
- No, if Hashem were punishing him He would have left a bit intact.
- He pays half.
- Taiku; the question remains unresolved.
Is Shemittah considered a “Year of Grain” in regard to redeeming a property from Hekdesh?
- Yes, there is grain in Chutz La’Aretz.
- No, we never factor Chutz La’Aretz into our decisions in Eretz Yisrael.
- No, the Torah instructed that there is no planting grain in Eretz Yisrael, making us to consider this year “grain free.”
- Yes, there is grain in Eretz Yisrael, which was imported from Chutz La’Aretz, or grown by Nuchrim.
- Yes, grain fields can be used for other things, such as for drying fruits.
How many times is a Chazakah in regard to stopping to replant because we see it’s a Makas Medina?
- Two, like always.
- Three, like always.
- Usually two, but here is three.
- Machlokes between answers A and B.
- Machlokes between answers A and C.
Which wheat does a tenant-farmer use to pay the landlord?
- He is only obligated to give average wheat, whether it came from the field or from the market.
- If the field’s wheat is poor quality, he may give him from it, but if it is excellent quality, he may buy average wheat from the market.
- If the field’s wheat is excellent quality, he gives him from it, but if it is poor quality, he may buy average wheat from the market.
- Specifically what the field grew, as per their arrangement.
- The dollar amount of a percentage of the field’s bushels.