Sheviis 2:9 — Withholding water before Rosh Hashana

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נושא · Topicהַבְּצָלִים הַסָּרִיסִים וּפוֹל הַמִּצְרִיWithholding water before Rosh Hashana
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Mishnah שביעית ב׳:ט׳ · Sheviis 2:9
הַבְּצָלִים הַסָּרִיסִים, וּפוֹל הַמִּצְרִי, שֶׁמָּנַע מֵהֶם מַיִם שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם לִפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה,
מִתְעַשְּׂרִין לְשֶׁעָבַר, וּמֻתָּרִים בַּשְּׁבִיעִית,
וְאִם לָאו, אֲסוּרִים בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, וּמִתְעַשְּׂרִין לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה.
וְשֶׁל בַּעַל שֶׁמָּנַע מֵהֶם מַיִם שְׁתֵּי עוֹנוֹת, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, שָׁלֹשׁ:
Seedless onions and the Egyptian bean, from which he withheld water for thirty days before Rosh Hashana,
are tithed by the previous year, and are permitted in Sheviis,
and if not, they are forbidden in Sheviis, and are tithed by the coming year.
And those of a rain-fed field from which water was withheld [for] two rain-periods, the words of Rabbi Meir.
But the Chachamim say: three:
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Withholding water before Rosh Hashana▾
CaseRulingReason
How do we treat shallots and black-eyed peas whose water was withheld for thirty days before Rosh Hashana of the Shemittah year?Mutar on Sheviisמִתְעַשְּׂרִין לְשֶׁעָבַר — its maaser year is the outgoing one, and that drives the Sheviis rule
And if they were watered up to Rosh Hashana?Assur on Sheviisמִתְעַשְּׂרִין לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה — (the same driver, forward)
How many watering cycles must a rain-fed field forgo?Rabbi Meir: Two—
Chachamim: Three—
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