Sheviis 3:8 — Building Terraces at the Ravines

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Building Terraces at the Ravines

מַדְרֵגוֹת עַל פִּי הַגֵּאָיוֹת
Mishnah שביעית ג׳:ח׳ · Sheviis 3:8
אֵין בּוֹנִין מַדְרֵגוֹת עַל פִּי הַגֵּאָיוֹת עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית מִשֶּׁפָּסְקוּ הַגְּשָׁמִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְתַקְּנָן לַשְּׁבִיעִית.
אֲבָל בּוֹנֶה הוּא בַּשְּׁבִיעִית מִשֶּׁפָּסְקוּ גְּשָׁמִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְתַקְּנָן לְמוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית.
וְלֹא יִסְמֹךְ בְּעָפָר,
אֲבָל עוֹשֶׂה הוּא חַיִץ.
כָּל אֶבֶן שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לִפְשֹׁט אֶת יָדוֹ וְלִטְּלָהּ, הֲרֵי זוֹ תִּנָּטֵל:
One may not build terraces at the mouths of ravines on erev Sheviis once the rains have stopped, because he is preparing them for Sheviis.
But he may build in Sheviis [itself] once the rains have stopped, because he is preparing them for the year after Sheviis.
And he may not pack [it] with earth,
but he may make a barrier.
Any stone that he can reach out his hand and take, that one may be taken:

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