Study Shabbat folio 85A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
And the rabbis have an accepted tradition that 5 seeds in a 6-handbreadth space do not draw sustenance from one another.
The Talmud asks: And from where do we derive that when the rabbis have an accepted tradition it is a substantial matter, meaning that the tradition is reliable? R' Ḥiyya bar Abba said that R' Yoḥanan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “You shall not cross your neighbor’s border, wh
With regard to the halakha itself, Rav Asi said: The garden bed in the Mishnah whose area is 6 by 6 handbreadths is one whose internal area is 6 by 6 handbreadths excluding the area of its boundaries, which must be added to the total area. That was also taught in a baraita: The internal area of a
Rav said: When we learned in the Mishnah that one may plant 5 kinds of seeds within a garden bed without violating the prohibition of diverse kinds, we learned this with regard to a garden bed in a desolate area not surrounded by other plants. However, if the garden bed is among other garden beds,