Perek 3: work allowed IN Shemittah
manure · and stones
Fertilizing a field in Shemittah: assur
it helps next year's crop
But manure can't pile up next to the house all year
Manure → compost → spread on the field
Timing: only after it would help the field
From when may manure go out to the heaps?
a three-way machlokes
Rabbi MeirOnce those who work the land have stopped→ after the usual time to fertilize
Rabbi YehudaOnce the sweetness dries — the last herbs, or the manure itself, begin to dry out
Rabbi YossiLater still — once the earth, or the manure, begins to crack
Sheviis 3:1
Taking Manure Out to the Heaps
מוֹצִיאִין זְבָלִים לְאַשְׁפַּתּוֹת
מֵאֵימָתַי מוֹצִיאִין זְבָלִים לְאַשְׁפַתּוֹת.
מִשֶּׁיִּפְסְקוּ עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר.
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