Peah 3:8-4:1

Peah 3:8

If a person gave his property to his slave in writing, the slave goes free. (The slave is part of the master’s property, so he acquires himself.) If the master kept any amount of land for himself, the slave does not go free. Rabbi Shimon says that the slave always goes free unless the master specifies “I give all my property to so-and-so, my slave, except for one-ten-thousandth of it,” which could refer to the slave himself.

Peah 4:1

Peah is given still attached to the ground (i.e., the needy come and harvest it themselves). When it comes to vines that are suspended and palm trees, whose fruits are high up, the land owner must take them down and distribute them to the needy. Rabbi Shimon says this is also true in the case of nut trees, which are smooth and difficult to climb. Even if 99 potential recipients say that the land owner should distribute the produce, if even one says that it should be every man for himself, this is what they do because he has spoken in accordance with the law (i.e., that the needy take peah themselves from produce still attached to the ground).