Sheviis 3:5 — Opening a Quarry during Shemittah

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Opening a Quarry during Shemittah

פְּתִיחַת מַחְצֵב בַּשְּׁבִיעִית
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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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