Sheviis 2:2 — Permitted Work

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Permitted Work

עֲבוֹדוֹת הַמֻּתָּרוֹת עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
Mishnah שביעית ב׳:ב׳ · Sheviis 2:2
מְזַבְּלִין וּמְעַדְּרִין בַּמִּקְשָׁאוֹת וּבַמִּדְלָעוֹת עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
וְכֵן בְּבֵית הַשְּׁלָחִין.
מְיַבְּלִין, מְפָרְקִין, מְאַבְּקִין, מְעַשְּׁנִין, עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אַף נוֹטֵל הוּא אֶת הֶעָלֶה מִן הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל בַּשְּׁבִיעִית:
One may manure and hoe in cucumber and gourd fields until Rosh Hashana.
And likewise in an irrigated field.
One may remove growths, strip leaves, dust the roots, and fumigate, until Rosh Hashana.
Rabbi Shimon says: one may even remove a leaf from the grape cluster in Sheviis itself:

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