Pisqa’ 195³¹⁰

1. “Who is the man who has planted a vineyard” (Dt. 20:6)? I might infer only that [this exemption] applies to one who planted a vineyard! On what basis do I know to include one who inherited the vineyard, one who purchased the vineyard,, or one who received it as a gift?

“Who has planted” (Dt. 20:6)— **[planting includes any form of acquisition of the vineyard].**³¹¹ 194.1.

footnotes: ³¹⁰ H:215-216; JN2:84-85. ³¹¹ //M. Sotah 8:2. Cf. Pisqa’

“A vineyard” (Dt. 20:6)— I might infer only that this exemption applies to a vineyard. On what basis do I know to include one planting five fruit trees, even if they are five separate kinds?

“Who has planted” (Dt. 20:6)— [thus the exemption extends to orchards]. If so, is it possible to say that [this exemption applies] even to the planter of four fruit trees **or five shade trees?**³¹²

“A vineyard” (Dt. 20:6)—

footnotes: ³¹² Cf. M. Sotah 8:2.

**I interpret vineyard to mean just that!**³¹³ 194.2.

footnotes: ³¹³ Cf. T. Sotah 7:18 and Pisqa’

2. “And who hasn’t yet awaited the [four years of its] deconsecration for common use?” (Dt. 20:6)— this excludes [from exemption] anyone who trains shoots [beneath the ground] **or who grafts [saplings prior to deconsecration].**³¹⁴

footnotes: ³¹⁴ //M. Sotah 8:2.

“He shall go and return to his home” (Dt. 20:6)— that is, he shall go and heed the instructions of the Warrior Priest to return.

“Lest he die in battle” (Dt. 20:6)—failing to heed the instructions of the Warrior Priest, **he will eventually die in battle.**³¹⁵ 194.2

footnotes: ³¹⁵ Cf. Pisqa’

3. “And another man will deconsecrate it” (Dt. 20:6)— is it possible to say that

“Another man will deconsecrate it” (Dt. 20:6),

“Another man will take her” (Dt. 20:7; cf. Dt. 28:30)— just as the other man discussed elsewhere implies a stranger, so, too, the other man discussed here **implies a stranger.”**³¹⁶

footnotes: ³¹⁶ //T. Sotah 7:22.