Sheviis 2:6 — Planting on erev Sheviis — the deadline

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נושא · Topicנְטִיעָה עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִיתPlanting on erev Sheviis — the deadline
This Mishnah is:a rule · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ב׳:ו׳ · Sheviis 2:6
אֵין נוֹטְעִין וְאֵין מַבְרִיכִין וְאֵין מַרְכִּיבִין עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם לִפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה.
וְאִם נָטַע אוֹ הִבְרִיךְ אוֹ הִרְכִּיב, יַעֲקוֹר.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל הַרְכָּבָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ קוֹלֶטֶת לִשְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים, שׁוּב אֵינָהּ קוֹלֶטֶת.
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמְרִים, לִשְׁתֵּי שַׁבָּתוֹת:
One may not plant, layer [vine-shoots], or graft on erev Sheviis less than thirty days before Rosh Hashana.
And if he planted, layered, or grafted, he must uproot [it].
Rabbi Yehuda says: any graft that has not taken hold within three days will never take hold.
Rabbi Yose and Rabbi Shimon say: within two weeks:
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Summary Chart
Planting on erev Sheviis — the deadline▾
CaseRulingReason
How close to Rosh Hashana may one still plant, layer, or graft?Tanna Kamma: Thirty days—
Rabbi Yehuda: Three days — what has not taken by then never will—
Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Shimon: Two weeks—
And if he planted inside the deadline?He uproots it—
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