Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Peah/Chapter 4/5/Translation

Thrice in the day there were beggars, in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon.

Rabban Gamliel says, “They didn’t say this except for the purpose that they should not be reduced.”

R’ Akiva says, “They didn’t say this except for the purpose that they shouldn’t increase.”

Of those that were in Beth Nameir, they would collect with a rope and give a corner from every line and furrow.