How many stalks must fall from the sickle at the same time for them NOT to be considered leket?
If three stalks fall simultaneously, they belong to the owner of the field — three is a significant quantity the owner would not willingly abandon, so leket only applies when one or two stalks fall.
Question 2
An owner's leket fell to the ground and he built his grainheap on top of it. What penalty applies?
Unlike wind-mixing (which requires proportional estimation), deliberately or carelessly making a grainheap over leket triggers a penalty: all produce touching the ground goes to the poor — even if the leket is barley and the grain is wheat, even if done inadvertently, and even if others made the grainheap without his knowledge.
Question 3
A hired field worker's son wishes to collect leket after his father. What is the law?
A worker may bring his wife and children to collect leket after him because he is poor and his family shares that status. What is forbidden is making it a condition of his employment contract, which could cause him to accept lower wages — but spontaneous family collection is permitted.
Question 4
What distinguishes an olelet (underdeveloped cluster belonging to the poor) from a regular cluster?
An olelet is defined as a small cluster that lacks both a kataf (small clusters attached to the central stem) and a nataf (grapes hanging from the central stem). If it has one but not the other, it belongs to the owner. When in doubt, it goes to the poor.
Question 5
A person harvests five vines intending to eat the grapes as fruit (not to make wine). Which obligation still applies?
When harvesting for personal consumption rather than winemaking, the owner is exempt from peret and shichichah (which depend on the harvesting process), but ollelot always belong to the poor — their ownership is independent of harvest intent and transfers to the poor as soon as they are recognized.