Mishna - Mas. Pe'ah Chapter 1 MISHNAH 1. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE THINGS FOR WHICH NO DEFINITE QUANTITY IS PRESCRIBED:1 THE CORNERS [OF THE FIELD].2 FIRST-FRUITS,3 [THE OFFERINGS BROUGHT] ON APPEARING [BEFORE THE LORD AT THE THREE PILGRIM FESTIVALS].4 THE PRACTICE OF LOVINGKINDNESS,5 AND THE STUDY OF THE TORAH.6 THE FOLLOWING ARE THE THINGS FOR WHICH A MAN ENJOYS THE FRUITS IN THIS WORLD WHILE THE PRINCIPAL REMAINS FOR HIM IN THE WORLD TO COME: THE HONOURING OF FATHER AND MOTHER,7 THE PRACTICE OF CHARITY, AND THE MAKING OF PEACE BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS FRIEND; BUT THE STUDY OF THE TORAH IS EQUAL TO THEM ALL.8 MISHNAH 2. ONE SHOULD NOT MAKE THE AMOUNT OF PE'AH LESS THAN ONE-SIXTIETH9 [OF THE ENTIRE CROP]. BUT ALTHOUGH NO DEFINITE AMOUNT IS GIVEN FOR PE'AH,10 YET EVERYTHING DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE OF THE FIELD, THE NUMBER OF POOR MEN,11 AND THE EXTENT OF THE STANDING CROP.12 MISHNAH 3. PE'AH MAY BE GIVEN EITHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE [REAPING OF THE] FIELD OR AT THE MIDDLE THEREOF.13 R. SIMEON SAYS: [THIS IS SO] PROVIDED HE GIVES AT THE END ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT FIXED.14 R. JUDAH SAYS: SHOULD HE EVEN LEAVE [FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE REAPING] ONE STALK, HE CAN RELY ON THIS15 AS [FULFILLING THE LAW OF] PE'AH; AND IF HE DID NOT DO SO, [THEN EVEN THOSE STALKS LEFT AT THE BEGINNING OR AT THE MIDDLE] ARE TO BE REGARDED AS OWNERLESS PROPERTY.16 MISHNAH 4. A GENERAL PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN ENJOINED CONCERNING PE'AH: WHATSOEVER IS USED FOR FOOD,17 AND IS LOOKED AFTER,18 AND GROWS FROM THE SOIL,19 AND IS HARVESTED ALTOGETHER,20 AND IS BROUGHT IN FOR STORAGE,21 IS SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF PE'AH. GRAIN22 AND PULSE23 FALL INTO THIS GENERAL PRINCIPLE.24 MISHNAH 5. AMONG TREES: THE SUMMACH, THE CAROB,25 THE NUT, THE ALMOND, THE VINE, THE POMEGRANATE, THE OLIVE AND THE PALM26 ARE SUBJECT TO PE'AH. MISHNAH 6. ONE CAN ALWAYS GIVE PE'AH,27 AND BE EXEMPT FROM GIVING TITHES28 [FROM IT] UNTIL IT IS FINALLY STACKED.29 OR ONE MAY PRONOUNCE [HIS FIELD] OWNERLESS AND BE EXEMPT FROM GIVING TITHE THEREOF UNTIL IT IS FINALLY STACKED.30 ONE MAY FEED CATTLE, WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS [OF THE CROP] BEFORE IT IS FINALLY STACKED AND BE EXEMPT FROM TITHES.31 HE MAY TAKE FROM THE THRESHING FLOOR AND USE AS SEED AND BE EXEMPT FROM TITHES UNTIL IT IS STACKED.32 SO R. AKIBA. IF A PRIEST OR LEVITE PURCHASE [THE GRAIN OF] A THRESHING FLOOR THE TITHES ARE THEIRS UNLESS THE STACKING HAS TAKEN PLACE.33 ONE WHO DEDICATED [HIS CROP]34 AND REDEEMS IT [AFTERWARDS] IS BOUND TO GIVE TITHES SO LONG AS THE TREASURER HAD NOT YET FINALLY STACKED IT.