## Shabbat Daf 85b

###### Shabbat 85b:1
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גְּזֵירָה שֶׁמָּא יְמַלֵּא אֶת הַקְּרָנוֹת. וְלֹא יְהֵא אֶלָּא רֹאשׁ תּוֹר יָרָק? מִי לָא תְּנַן: הָיָה רֹאשׁ תּוֹר יָרָק נִכְנָס לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֶה אַחֵר — מוּתָּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנִּרְאֶה סוֹף שָׂדֶה! אֵין רֹאשׁ תּוֹר בַּעֲרוּגָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rather, Rav’s reasoning must be: It is **a decree lest one will fill the corners** after having first planted the garden bed, and thereby violate the prohibition of diverse kinds. The Gemara asks: **And** why should that matter, the legal status of the garden bed **should merely be** like **a triangular [*rosh tor*]** plot of **vegetables. Didn’t we learn** in a mishna: If **a triangular** plot of **vegetables was protruding into another field, it is permitted;** there, it is not considered a prohibited mixture of diverse kinds, **because the end of the field is distinguishable.** Based on the shapes of the two fields where they intersect, the demarcation between them is clear. And the Gemara answers: **There is no** leniency with regard to a **triangular plot in a garden bed.** This allowance with regard to a triangular section of one field jutting into another field applies only to a large field where the triangular shape can clearly be attributed to a different field, but in a small garden bed where the seeds are adjacent to one another, it is impossible to distinguish between the seeds.


###### Shabbat 85b:2
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וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: עֲרוּגָה בֵּין הָעֲרוּגוֹת שָׁנִינוּ. וְהָא קָא מִיתְעָרְבִי בַּהֲדָדֵי! בְּנוֹטֶה שׁוּרָה לְכָאן וְשׁוּרָה לְכָאן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Shmuel said:** When we learned in the mishna that one may plant five kinds of seeds within a garden bed without violating the prohibition of diverse kinds, **we learned this** even with regard to **a garden bed among garden beds,** not only in a solitary bed. The Gemara asks: **Don’t the seeds become intermingled with one another?** The Gemara answers: It is referring to a case **where one inclines** one **row to here,** in one direction, **and** one **row to here,** in a different direction (*Me’iri*). In that way they do not appear intermingled.


###### Shabbat 85b:3
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אָמַר עוּלָּא, בְּעוֹ בְּמַעְרְבָא: הִפְקִיעַ תֶּלֶם אֶחָד עַל פְּנֵי כּוּלָּהּ, מַהוּ? אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: בָּא עִרְבּוּב וּבִיטֵּל אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה. רַב אַסִּי אָמַר: אֵין עֵירוּבוֹ מְבַטֵּל אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה. אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: הַנּוֹטֵעַ שְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל קִישּׁוּאִין, שְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל דִּילּוּעִין, שְׁתֵּי שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל פּוֹל הַמִּצְרִי — מוּתָּר. שׁוּרָה אַחַת שֶׁל קִישּׁוּאִין וְשׁוּרָה אַחַת שֶׁל דִּילּוּעִין וְשׁוּרָה אַחַת שֶׁל פּוֹל הַמִּצְרִי — אָסוּר! שָׁאנֵי הָכָא דְּאִיכָּא שְׁרָאכָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ulla said: They raise a dilemma in the West,** Eretz Yisrael: **What** is the *halakha* if **one opened a single furrow across its entirety?** Is it considered demarcation between the garden beds if one dug a furrow between two garden beds (*ge’onim*, *Tosafot*)? **Rav Sheshet said:** The **intermingling** of these garden beds **comes and nullifies the row.** The furrow is not considered to be a demarcation between the beds. **Rav Asi said: Its intermingling does not disqualify the row. Ravina raised an objection to** the opinion of **Rav Ashi** from a mishna: **One who plants two rows of cucumbers** and **two rows of gourds** and **two rows of Egyptian beans, it is permitted** because each of the species is distinct. However, if he plants **one row of cucumbers and one row of gourds and one row of Egyptian beans, it is prohibited** because in single rows there is no clear demarcation between the species. This indicates that a furrow between different species of seeds does not prevent intermingling between them. Rav Ashi replied: The case in that mishna is an exception. **Here, it is different because there are branches** that grow out from these species which become entangled with each other, nullifying the furrow between them. Other vegetables, whose branches do not become entangled, may be planted with a single furrow between them.


###### Shabbat 85b:4
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אָמַר רַב כָּהֲנָא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הָרוֹצֶה לְמַלֹּאות כׇּל גִּינָּתוֹ יָרָק — עוֹשֶׂה עֲרוּגָה שִׁשָּׁה עַל שִׁשָּׁה וְעוֹגֵל בָּהּ חֲמִשָּׁה, וּמְמַלֵּא קַרְנוֹתֶיהָ כׇּל מַה שֶּׁיִּרְצֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Kahana said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One who wishes to fill his entire garden with vegetables** and does not want to distance the rows of seeds from one another may **make a garden bed** that is **six by six** handbreadths **and make five circles inside it** (*ge’onim*, Rambam). He plants different species in the different circles **and fills its corners** with **whatever** additional species that **he wants.**


###### Shabbat 85b:5
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וְהָא אִיכָּא דְּבֵינֵי וּבֵינֵי! אָמְרִי דְּבֵי רַבִּי יַנַּאי: בְּמַחֲרִיב בֵּין הַבֵּינַיִים. רַב אָשֵׁי אָמַר: אִם הָיוּ זְרוּעִין שְׁתִי — זוֹרְעָן עֵרֶב, עֵרֶב — זוֹרְעָן שְׁתִי. אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: עֲבוֹדַת יָרָק בְּיָרָק אַחֵר, שִׁשָּׁה טְפָחִים. וְרוֹאִין אוֹתָם

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Aren’t there** seeds **between** the circles, which intermingle with the species that are in the circles? **The school of Rabbi Yannai say** in response to this: This is referring to a case **where one leaves** the space **in between** them **barren** and does not plant there. **Rav Ashi said:** He may fill the entire bed with seeds, and demarcate between the different types of seeds in the following manner. **If** the circles **were planted lengthwise, he plants** the seeds in between **widthwise;** and if the circles were planted **widthwise, he plants** the seeds in between **lengthwise. Ravina raised an objection to** the opinion of **Rav Ashi:** We learned that **the work** space **of a vegetable** of one species, when planted with **a vegetable** of a different species, is **six handbreadths. And one views them**