Sheviis 2:10 — Keeping Gourds for Seed

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Keeping Gourds for Seed

הַדְּלוּעִין שֶׁקִּיְּמָן לְזֶרַע
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Mishnah שביעית ב׳:י׳ · Sheviis 2:10
הַדְּלוּעִין שֶׁקִּיְּמָן לְזֶרַע,
אִם הִקְשׁוּ לִפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְנִפְסְלוּ מֵאֹכֶל אָדָם, מֻתָּר לְקַיְּמָן בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
וְאִם לָאו, אָסוּר לְקַיְּמָן בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
הַתְּמָרוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם, אֲסוּרוֹת בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
וּמַרְבִּיצִין בְּעָפָר לָבָן, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן,
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹסֵר.
מְמָרְסִין בָּאֹרֶז בַּשְּׁבִיעִית,
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֲבָל אֵין מְכַסְּחִין:
Gourds that he kept for seed -
if they hardened before Rosh Hashana and became unfit for human food, it is permitted to keep them in Sheviis.
And if not, it is forbidden to keep them in Sheviis.
Their shoots are forbidden in Sheviis.
One may water the soil of a grain field, the words of Rabbi Shimon;
Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov forbids [it].
One may soak the rice in Sheviis,
Rabbi Shimon says: but one may not trim [it]:

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