Sheviis 1:2 — What Counts as an Orchard

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What Counts as an Orchard

אֵיזֶהוּ שְׂדֵה הָאִילָן
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Mishnah שביעית א׳:ב׳ · Sheviis 1:2
אֵיזֶהוּ שְׂדֵה הָאִילָן,
כָּל שְׁלֹשָׁה אִילָנוֹת לְבֵית סְאָה,
אִם רְאוּיִין לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּכַּר דְּבֵלָה שֶׁל שִׁשִּׁים מָנֶה בָּאִיטַלְקִי, חוֹרְשִׁים כָּל בֵּית סְאָה בִּשְׁבִילָן.
פָּחוֹת מִכָּאן, אֵין חוֹרְשִׁין לָהֶן אֶלָּא מְלֹא הָאוֹרֶה וְסַלּוֹ חוּצָה לוֹ:
What is [considered] an orchard?
Any three trees per beis se'ah -
if they are fit to yield a kikar develah of sixty Italki maneh, one may plow the whole beis se'ah for their sake.
Less than this, one may plow for them only [room for] the picker and his basket, standing outside it:

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