Sheviis 2:3 — Clearing Stones and Pruning

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Clearing Stones and Pruning

סִקּוּל וְזֵרוּד עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
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Mishnah שביעית ב׳:ג׳ · Sheviis 2:3
מְסַקְּלִין עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
מְקַרְסְמִין, מְזָרְדִין, מְפַסְּלִין, עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, כְּזֵרוּדָהּ וּכְפִסּוּלָהּ שֶׁל חֲמִשִּׁית, כָּךְ שֶׁל שִׁשִּׁית.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁאֲנִי רַשַּׁאי בַּעֲבוֹדַת הָאִילָן, רַשַּׁאי אֲנִי בְּפִסּוּלוֹ:
One may clear stones until Rosh Hashana.
One may trim, prune, and cut away [excess], until Rosh Hashana.
Rabbi Yehoshua says: as its pruning and cutting-away in the fifth year, so in the sixth.
Rabbi Shimon says: as long as I am permitted the work of the tree, I am permitted its cutting-away:

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