Sheviis 2:3 — Clearing stones and pruning — until when

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נושא · Topicסִקּוּל וְזֵרוּד עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָהClearing stones and pruning — until when
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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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Structure
The Mishnah's Structure▾
מְסַקְּלִין, מְקַרְסְמִין, מְזָרְדִין, מְפַסְּלִין clearing stones, trimming, pruning, shaping the sixth year רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן כָּל זְמַן שֶׁאֲנִי רַשַּׁאי בַּעֲבוֹדַת הָאִילָן, רַשַּׁאי אֲנִי בְּפִסּוּלוֹ closes with the plow — Shavuos Tanna Kamma עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה the seventh year רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כְּזֵרוּדָהּ וּכְפִסּוּלָהּ שֶׁל חֲמִשִּׁית, כָּךְ שֶׁל שִׁשִּׁית like any ordinary year
Summary Chart
Clearing stones and pruning — until when▾
CaseRulingReason
Until when may stones be cleared from the field?Until Rosh Hashana—
Until when may the trees be trimmed, thinned, and pruned?Tanna Kamma: Until Rosh Hashana—
Rabbi Yehoshua: As the fifth year's, so the sixth's—
Rabbi Shimon: As long as I may work the tree, I may prune it—
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