[Avodah] Devarim SheBeLeiv

[Micha Berger]

The current section of Mes Pei'ah deals with shikhekhah.

Talk about treating devarim shebeleiv as devarim! You might think
shikhekhah boils down to a discussion of what's left behind, and thus
an expression of what's going on in the ba'al mind. Not so.

When one mentally forgot the sheaves in question makes a difference. For
example, Y-mi 6:6, vilna ed 30b-31a, discusses the relative times of when
one forgot an unharvested area and when one forgot sheaves as impacting
whether the unharvested area can "save" the sheaves from being small
and forgettable. (The sugya is complex; look it up.)

Also, it makes a difference whether one was at the field or in the city
when they forgot the sheaves (5:6, 27b), and whether people passed by
and noticed the sheaves.

So, what happened to the kelal?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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