Sheviis 3:5 — Opening a quarry on Sheviis

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נושא · Topicפְּתִיחַת מַחְצֵב בַּשְּׁבִיעִיתOpening a quarry on Sheviis
This Mishnah is:drawing the boundarywhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ג׳:ה׳ · Sheviis 3:5
לֹא יִפְתַּח אָדָם מַחְצֵב בַּתְּחִלָּה לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ, עַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ בוֹ שָׁלֹשׁ מוּרְבִּיּוֹת,
שֶׁהֵם שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ עַל רוּם שָׁלֹשׁ, שִׁעוּרָן עֶשְׂרִים וְשֶׁבַע אֲבָנִים:
One may not open a quarry anew within his field, unless there are in it three courses [of stone],
which are three by three by three high - their measure being twenty-seven stones:
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לֹא יִפְתַּח אָדָם מַחְצֵב בַּתְּחִלָּה לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ עַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ בוֹ שָׁלֹשׁ מוּרְבִּיּוֹת 27 exposed — quarrying may begin three high three across, three deep שֶׁהֵם שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ עַל רוּם שָׁלֹשׁ — שִׁעוּרָן עֶשְׂרִים וְשֶׁבַע אֲבָנִים a quarry, not field-clearing
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Opening a quarry on Sheviis▾
CaseRulingReason
May one open a new quarry (machtzev) in his field on Sheviis?No — unless it already holds three layers of three by three by three high, twenty-seven stones in all—
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