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Home -- Content: Series 7 (Laws) -- Translation: English -- Book: 1 (Tora) -- Part: 2 (Negative) -- Prohibition: 211 -- Text The Sharia of Moses in the TORA 211 - GATHERING EARS OF CORN THAT FELL DURING THE HARVESTLeviticus 19:9 -- “…nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.”
Leviticus 23:22 -- “… nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.”
The claims of the poor to their dues are valid even in doubtful cases. Where a doubt exists in any matter affecting their rights, Jewish law holds their rights superior to those of the owner.* * Mishneh Torah, Zeraim, Hilchoth Matnoth Ani’im IV, 6
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