[If] the workers forgot a sheaf but the owner did not forget it, [or if] the owner forgot it but the workers did not forget it, [or if] poor people stood in front of it or covered it with stubble, this does not constitute shich'chah.

[If] one gathers sheaves to form helmet-shaped heaps or underground heaps, pancake-shaped heaps or large bundles, the law of shich'chah does not apply; from there to the threshing floor, the law of shich'chah applies. [If] one gathers sheaves to form a great stack, the law of shich'chah applies; from there to the threshing floor, the law of shich'chah does not apply. This is the rule: When sheaves are gathered to a place that is a finishing stage in the processing, the law of shich'chah applies; from there to the threshing floor, the law of shich'chah does not apply. [When sheaves are moved] to a place that is not a finishing stage in the processing, the law of shich'chah does not apply; from there to the threshing floor, the law of shich'chah applies.