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Baby trees need care now

everything in this Mishnah protects the young tree

Mazahamin — coat them

to heal a wound, or keep insects off

PermissiveOne may smear

Korchin — wrap them

or tie the branches up straight

Permissiveand wrap

Kotmin — trim them

or coat them with ash

Permissiveand trim

Make them a 'house'

a tent against sun and cold — or a little fence

Permissiveand make shelters for them,

Water them — until Rosh Hashanah

Permissiveand water

Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok: in Shemittah — water the leaves, not the root

Rabbi Elazar bar TzadokThe foliage — yes; the root — no→ a shinui: it shows this year is Shemittah
Sheviis 2:4

Caring for Saplings

טִפּוּל בַּנְּטִיעוֹת עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
מְזַהֲמִין אֶת הַנְּטִיעוֹת, וְכוֹרְכִין אוֹתָן, וְקוֹטְמִין אוֹתָן, וְעוֹשִׂין לָהֶן בָּתִּים, וּמַשְׁקִין אוֹתָן, עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
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