Sheviis 2:5 — Oiling the unripe figs

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SheviisMesechtaמסכתשביעית
2Perekפרקב׳
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נושא · Topicסִיכַת הַפַּגִּיםOiling the unripe figs
This Mishnah is:a case · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ב׳:ה׳ · Sheviis 2:5
סָכִין אֶת הַפַּגִּים וּמְנַקְּבִים אוֹתָם, עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
פַּגֵּי עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ לַשְּׁבִיעִית, וְשֶׁל שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁיָּצְאוּ לְמוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית, לֹא סָכִין וְלֹא מְנַקְּבִין אוֹתָן.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר,
מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לָסוּךְ, אֵינָן סָכִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא עֲבוֹדָה.
מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ שֶׁלֹּא לָסוּךְ, סָכִין.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מַתִּיר בָּאִילָן, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא רַשַּׁאי בַּעֲבוֹדַת הָאִילָן:
One may oil the unripe figs and pierce them, until Rosh Hashana.
Unripe figs of erev Sheviis that passed into Sheviis, and those of Sheviis that passed into the year after Sheviis - one may not oil or pierce them.
Rabbi Yehuda says:
a place where the custom was to oil, they may not oil, because that is [forbidden] work.
A place where the custom was not to oil, they may oil.
Rabbi Shimon permits [it] with the tree, because he is permitted the work of the tree:
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Structure
The Mishnah's Structure▾
סָכִין אֶת הַפַּגִּים וּמְנַקְּבִים אוֹתָם, עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה פַּגֵּי עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ לַשְּׁבִיעִית sixth-year figs crossing in וְשֶׁל שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁיָּצְאוּ לְמוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית seventh-year figs crossing out לֹא סָכִין וְלֹא מְנַקְּבִין אוֹתָן
Summary Chart
Oiling the unripe figs▾
CaseRulingReason
May unripe figs be oiled and pierced to ripen them?Yes — until Rosh Hashana—
And what of the figs that cross into Sheviis — or out of it?Tanna Kamma: On Sheviis — neither oiled nor pierced—
Rabbi Yehuda: Where the custom is to oil — he may not; where it is not — he mayמִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא עֲבוֹדָה — it is the way of work
Rabbi Shimon: The tree itself — permittedמִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא רַשַּׁאי בַּעֲבוֹדַת הָאִילָן — tree-work is permitted to him
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