Sheviis 2:1 — Plowing a Grain Field before Shemittah

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Plowing a Grain Field before Shemittah

חֲרִישַׁת שְׂדֵה הַלָּבָן עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית
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Mishnah שביעית ב׳:א׳ · Sheviis 2:1
עַד אֵימָתַי חוֹרְשִׁין בִּשְׂדֵה הַלָּבָן עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית.
עַד שֶׁתִּכְלֶה הַלֵּחָה, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁבְּנֵי אָדָם חוֹרְשִׁים לִטַּע בַּמִּקְשָׁאוֹת וּבַמִּדְלָעוֹת.
אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, נָתַתָּ תּוֹרַת כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד בְּיָדוֹ,
אֶלָּא בִּשְׂדֵה הַלָּבָן עַד הַפֶּסַח, וּבִשְׂדֵה הָאִילָן עַד עֲצֶרֶת:
Until when may one plow a grain field on erev Sheviis?
until the moisture dries up, as long as people still plow to plant cucumber and gourd fields.
Said Rabbi Shimon, you have put the ruling of each and every person into his own hands!
Rather: in a grain field until Pesach, and in an orchard until Atzeres:

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