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Mishnah: The fruit of a tree during the first 3 years after its planting [orla] (see Leviticus 19:23), and diverse kinds, i.e., grain sown in a vineyard (see Deuteronomy 22:9) join together to constitute the requisite measure to prohibit a mixture that they are mixed into. This applies when the vol
Talmud: The Talmud asks: And according to R' Shimon, do the two half-measures need to join together, in order for one who eats them to be liable? But isn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Shimon says: One who eats any measure of a prohibited food is liable to receive lashes, as the rabbis stated t
Mishnah: A garment must be at least 3 by 3 handbreadths in order to become a primary source of ritual impurity, by means of ritual impurity imparted by the treading of a zav. A sack made from goats’ hair must be at least 4 by 4 handbreadths, while an animal hide must be 5 by 5, and a mat 6 by 6. Th
R' Shimon said: What is the reason that they join together, despite the fact that their requisite measures are not equal? Because all the component materials are fit to become ritually impure through the ritual impurity imparted to a seat upon which a zav sits, as they can each be used to patch a sa
Talmud: A Sage taught in a baraita: In a case where one cut from each of the materials listed in the Mishnah, i.e., the garment, the sack, the hide, and the mat, a piece of less than 3 by 3 handbreadths, and sewed them together, thereby fashioning a garment from them; if he formed the garment for