Sheviis 10:7 — A beehive — is it land?

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נושא · Topicכַּוֶּרֶת דְּבוֹרִיםA beehive — is it land?
This Mishnah is:a rule · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית י׳:ז׳ · Sheviis 10:7
כַּוֶּרֶת דְּבוֹרִים, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, הֲרֵי הִיא כְקַרְקַע,
וְכוֹתְבִין עָלֶיהָ פְּרוֹזְבּוּל,
וְאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה בִּמְקוֹמָהּ,
וְהָרוֹדֶה מִמֶּנָּה בְּשַׁבָּת חַיָּב.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵינָהּ כְּקַרְקַע,
וְאֵין כּוֹתְבִין עָלֶיהָ פְּרוֹזְבּוּל,
וּמְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה בִּמְקוֹמָהּ,
וְהָרוֹדֶה מִמֶּנָּה בְּשַׁבָּת, פָּטוּר:
A beehive - Rabbi Eliezer says: it is like land,
and one may write a pruzbul on it,
and it does not become susceptible to impurity in its place,
and one who removes [honey] from it on Shabbos is liable.
But the Chachamim say: it is not like land,
and one may not write a pruzbul on it,
and it does become susceptible to impurity in its place,
and one who removes [honey] from it on Shabbos is exempt:
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Structure
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כַּוֶּרֶת דְּבוֹרִים Rabbi Eliezer הֲרֵי הִיא כְקַרְקַע the Chachamim אֵינָהּ כְּקַרְקַע writing a pruzbul on it וְכוֹתְבִין עָלֶיהָ פְּרוֹזְבּוּל וְאֵין כּוֹתְבִין עָלֶיהָ פְּרוֹזְבּוּל tumah, where it stands וְאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה בִּמְקוֹמָהּ וּמְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה בִּמְקוֹמָהּ detaching honey on Shabbos וְהָרוֹדֶה מִמֶּנָּה בְּשַׁבָּת חַיָּב פָּטוּר (still forbidden — but no melachah)
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A beehive — is it land?▾
CaseRulingReason
Is a fixed beehive treated like land?Rabbi Eliezer: Yes:
a pruzbul may be written on it
no tumah in its place — the hive stands attached to the ground
removing honey on Shabbos — chayav, as if detaching produce from the ground		—
Chachamim: No:
no pruzbul is written on it
the hive can become tamei in its place
removing honey on Shabbos — patur — nothing attached to the ground is being detached		—
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