Peah 5:7-8

Peah 5:7

If the hired hands forgot a sheaf in the field but the land owner did not forget it, or if the land owner forgot it but the hired hands didn’t, or if the needy who hoped to claim the sheaf tried to conceal it so that it would be overlooked – in none of these cases does the sheaf become shich’cha (a forgotten sheaf that goes to the needy).

Peah 5:8

If a person gathers sheaves so that he can make small piles of them, or bind them into larger sheaves, these are not subject to shich’cha (because this is only an interim gathering, not the final gathering); once the sheaves are taken from these interim piles to the threshing floor, they are subject to shich’cha. If one takes sheaves to make one large heap, they are subject to shich’cha; from the large heap to the threshing floor, they are not subject to shich’cha. The general rule is that when sheaves are taken to the place that marks the end of their gathering, shich’cha applies; when they are taken from that place to the threshing floor, shich’cha does not apply. When sheaves are taken to a place that does not mark the end of their gathering, shich’cha does not apply; when they are taken from that place to the threshing floor, shich’cha does apply.