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Squash grown for its seeds

Hardened before Rosh Hashanah — too hard to eat

you may keep it in Shemittah, for its seeds

Permissiveit is permitted

Not hard yet? You may not keep it for seed

you eat it — it has kedushas Shevi'is

Restrictiveit is forbidden

Their soft blossoms: kedushas Shevi'is

even when the squash itself hardened

Restrictiveare forbidden

Soaking a grain field before Shemittah

Rabbi ShimonYes→ water it on erev Shemittah
Rabbi Eliezer ben YaakovNo→ not allowed

A rice paddy: flood it and stir it

it keeps the weeds out

Stirring the water: allowed — trimming: not

MishnahYes→ before Shemittah, to protect the rice
Rabbi ShimonBut not trimming the stalks→ don't cut the tips
Sheviis 2:10

Keeping Gourds for Seed

הַדְּלוּעִין שֶׁקִּיְּמָן לְזֶרַע
הַדְּלוּעִין שֶׁקִּיְּמָן לְזֶרַע,
אִם הִקְשׁוּ לִפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְנִפְסְלוּ מֵאֹכֶל אָדָם, מֻתָּר לְקַיְּמָן בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
וְאִם לָאו, אָסוּר לְקַיְּמָן בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
הַתְּמָרוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם, אֲסוּרוֹת בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
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