3,079. Vines on Two Levels

Hilchos Kilayim 7:6

Let’s say that someone planted one row of vines on the ground and another row on a terrace. If the terrace is ten handbreadths higher than the ground (about 30”), the two rows don’t combine; if lower than this, then they do.

Hilchos Kilayim 7:7

If someone plants five vines – two sets of two opposite one another and the fifth extending like a tail – it’s called a small vineyard and one must distance four cubits from it in every direction. However, if he planted two sets of two opposite one another and the fifth in the middle, or a row of three and two vines opposite them as a second row, then they’re not considered a vineyard and one must only separate six handbreadths (about 18”) on each side.