1)

'IMAHOS' OF ONIONS (Yerushalmi Peah Halachah 3 Daf 15b)

משנה האמהות של בצלים חייבות בפיאה

(a)

(Mishnah): 'Imahos' of onions are obligated in Peah.

רבי יוסי פוטר מלבנות הבצלים שבין הירק

(b)

R. Yosi exempts patches of grains planted between the vegetable rows.

רבי יוסי אומר פיאה מכל א' וא'

(c)

(R. Yosi): Peah must be given separately from each patch.

וחכמים אומרים מא' על הכל:

(d)

(Chachamim): One Peah is given for all of it.

גמרא רב אמר פורגדה ושמואל אמר צומחתה

(e)

(Gemara): (What are Imahos?) Rav - 'Purgadah' (large, partially edible onions left in the ground for planting). Shmuel - 'Tzumchasah' (the roots and remnants of onion left in the ground when onions are uprooted). (The Gemara continues to explain the Mishnah according to the opinion of Shmuel.)

רבי יעקב בר בון בשם רבי חנינא לא אמר רבי יוסי אלא משום הבקר

(f)

(R. Yaakov bar Bun citing R. Chanina): R. Yosi exempts them because they are essentially ownerless (Hefker).

רבי בון בר חייא בעי קומי רבי מנא והבקר חייב בפיאה

(g)

Question (R. Bun bar Chiya to R. Mana): Is ownerless produce obligated in Peah? (Why would the Chachamim obligate them?)

א''ל בזכה בהן אחת אחת

(h)

Answer (R. Mana): Since the owner re-acquires each one from Hefker, it is as if he did not make it Hefker. But R. Yosi reasons that since he already made it Hefker, it remains exempt.

והתני אע''פ שאין מתקיימות לו במרובה מתקיימות לו במועט [דף כט עמוד ב (עוז והדר)] הוי לית טעמא (דלא)[אלא] משום מכניסו לקיום:

(i)

Question (Baraisa): The Chachamim responded to R. Yosi - even though one who has a large quantity of onions does not store them away, he would store a small number, including Tzumchasah - so it would be obligated in Peah. This shows that the dispute (between the Chachamim and R. Yosi) is not over making it Hefker; rather, Chachamim focus on the minority of people who do store it away and R. Yosi focuses on the majority who do not.)