המעביר תאנים – on the path of his courtyard, to bring them to a place where they do the fig-harvest.

אוכלין ופטורין – since the courtyard does not establish [as liable for] tithing, for its work had not been completed. But he is forbidden to eat other than in the place where they do the fig-harvest/fig-packing, because in his place, it is recognized that the work had not been completed and when he is not in his place, it is not recognized. But his children are permitted [to eat] even in the place where they don’t do the fig-harvest, for it is not dependent upon them to change their mind, and since the knowledge of their father is to make of them a fig-harvest/fig-packing, they are permitted [to eat], but he who is in his hand to change his mind is not permitted [to eat] other than in the place where they make the fig-harvest/fig-packing.

אבל אם יש להם עליו מזונות – that he cut for them, and they don’t eat from the laws of the Torah, since that it is not the completion of the work, for he did not hire them other than to transfer them to the place where they perform the fig-harvest/fig-packing.

הרי אלו לא יאכלו – for it is a transaction, and concerning the purchaser, it is considered like the work had been completed, for the eyes of the purchaser are upon his purchase.

המוציא פועליו לשדה – to another labor and not to harvest, fruit that now they don’t eat from the laws of the Torah.

אוכלין ופטורין – if he gave to them, for a gift is not like a sale.

ואם יש להן עליו מזונות – that he cut for them.

אוכלין אחת וכו' – for it is not fixed.

ולא מן המוקצה – a pile of figs.

לעשות בזיתים – to hoe and to cover up the roots of olive trees under the olives, but not to harvest, for now, he does not eat from the laws of the Torah.

ואם צירף – two together, he liable, for this is something fixed/established.

לנכש בבצלים – to uproot the bad grasses that grow within the onions.

מקרסם – to cut, and it is similar to (Psalms 80:14): “wild boards gnaw at it [and creatures of the field feed on it?]”

ואפילו בצד שדה קציעות -for the matter is proved that from this field they fell, and even so, they are permitted because of theft, for in general, the owners despaired from [finding] them.

ופטורות מן המעשר – like the law of renunciation of ownership.

ובזיתים ובחרובים חייבים – because the owners do not despair of [recovering] them, for their appearance proves to them that they fell from this tree. But figs with their falling are repulsive and it is not known from which tree it is.

אם דרסו רוב דם – if most people of that city already tread their dried figs in their fields, they can say that this is from their treading, and their work was already completed, and it is obligated to tithe.

פלחי דבילה – after they were trodden in a round cake, they divide the cake into several segments/slices, and there is in a slice many cakes of figs stuck to each other.

עד שלא כנסן לראש הגג – to make of them a pile, and that is their harvesting time to make them liable to tithes, as is taught in the Mishnayot (2-7) in the first chapter.

מוריד מהן לבהמה – but he cannot eat them, for we don’t consume on the stored objects other than in their place, meaning to say, the fruit, when we spread them out to dry, that their work was not completed, we don’t eat from them other than in their place, for when they are not in their place, it is not recognized that their work was not completed, but, however, when you feed from them to the cattle, even not in their place, because the carobs are not food for cattle, it is well knwn that their work was not completed and they have not dried out completely.

מפני שהוא מחזיר את המותר – to the place that he stretched them out to dry, and wherever its surplus returns, it is not made obligatory for the setting aside of tithes.

היזו היא חצר שחייבת במעשר – that establishes [liability] for tithing like a house.

חצר צורית – for in Tzur, they would place a guard at the entrance of the courtyard.

כל שאחד פותח ואחד נועל – such as, for example in the courtyard, two houses for two people. When one of them opens the entrance to the courtyard, the second comes and locks it. And when one locks, it, the second protests with his hand and opens it. It is found that the courtyard is not guarded.

ואין אומרים לו מה אתה מבקש פטורה – and even though he is not embarrassed to eat within it.

והחיצונה פטורה – since there is in the internal section entering one’s ground, it is not guarded, and we hold that the Halakha is according to all of them for stringency.

אע"פ שהן של חצר חייבת – and the brings up the fruit/produce to the roof through the courtyard, even though it doesn’t make it obligatory for the setting aside of tithes, since for at the time that he brought them into the courtyard, it was his intention to raise them and to eat the on the roof. And these words apply when there is a on the roof four cubits by four cubits, but if there isn’t four cubits by four cubits on the roof, it is nullified regarding the courtyard.

בית שער – near the entrance to the courtyard.

אכסדרה – surrounded by three partitions and from a beam above.

מרפסת – a place in front of the upper chambers, and they go out from the upper chambers to the balcony and from the balcony they descend by ladder to the courtyard.

הצריפים – they lack a roof, but the beams above approach each other and become wider and enlarged downward.

הבורגנים (turrets) – like kinds of dove-cotes, made in the fields to store in them the fruit/produce.

והאלקטיות (sheds) – booths that they make during the hot days for shade; It is the Aramaic Targum for summer (sun-dried [fruits]).

סכת גינוסר- the Sea of Galilee we translate [into Aramaic] as Ginosar, and it is a place in the Land of Israel that its fruits are plentiful and good, and its drwellers make booths and dwell in them during the season of the fruits.

אע"פ שיש שם רחים ותרנגולים – it is not fixed/established [for liability for tithing].

סוכת היוצרים – it is customary to make two booths, one inside the other; in the inner one they hide their pots/dishes, and dwell there, and in the outer one, they do their work and sell their dishes.

כל שאינה דירת החמה ודירת הגשמים – and the inner booth, the creator does not dwell there during the rainy season, therefore it is exempt [from being liable for tithing]. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yosi.

רבי יהודה מחייב – Rabbi Yehuda according to his reasoning who holds that we require that the Sukkah is a permanent dwelling and is liable for a Mezuzah. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.

תאנה שהיא עומדת בחצר – a fig tree that stands in the courtyard, and the courtyard establishes [liability] for tithing.

ואם צירף – two [together], he is liable [to tithe].

ר"ש אומר אחת בימינו – even three in a case like this, is not a combination, and is permitted, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.

עלה לראשה – to the top of the fig [tree].

ממלא חיקו ואוכל – there, and as long as he doesn’t bring it down to the courtyard.

נוטל את האשכול – he eats in his normal manner and he doesn’t need to pick single berries, and similarly with pomegranates, he does not need to eat single grapes, and similarly, with a melon, he does not need to eat a slice, that is to cut thin slices.

ר"ע אומר – and the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiva.

כוסבר – this is its name in Arabic and it is coriander seed.

מקרסם – cut/sever.

סיאה – in Arabic PUDNAG, and in the foreign language POLIO.

הקורנית – in Arabic CHASHA, and in the foreign language SHADRIAH.

אם היו נשמרים חייבים – for there is no liability for tithing other than eating and something guarded.

אוכל כדרכו – from the branches/bough that stands in the garden.

אוכל אחת אחת – from the branch that extends to the courtyard

ואם צירף – two [figs together], he is liable [for tithing].

הכל הולך אחר העיקר – for we cast the bough after its root, which is the place of the absorbing of the tree.

ובבתי ערי חומה הכל הולך אחר העיקר – even the bough/branch that extends outside the wall, if he did not redeem it within the year, it becomes permanently irredeemable/sold, as if it was within the wall, since the root of the tree is within the wall.

ובערי מקלט הכל הולך אחר הנוף – even after the bough/branch, it is stated, for if its root is inside within the wall of the city of refuge and its bough extends outside the border, for just as at its root, the blood avenger is not able to kill the murderer through its bough, he also is not able to kill him for we cast the bough after its root, but if its root is outside and its bough is inside, just as that with its bough he is not able to kill him, with its root, he also is not able to kill him, for we cast its root after its bough for stringency. And similarly in Jerusalem, he follow after the bough regarding the Second Tithe, that is also for stringency, for its root is outside and its bough is inside, just as with its bough, he is not able to redeem, for pure tithes are redeemed within Jerusalem by its roots, he also would not abe able to redeem it, but if its root is inside and its bough is outside, just as that in the place of its bough, he is not able to eat it without redeeming it, for it is outside of Jerusalem, so here too, in a place where its root, even though it is inside, he is not able to eat it without redemption.