Sheviis 4:1 — Clearing wood, stones, and grass from the field

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נושא · Topicלִקּוּט עֵצִים וַאֲבָנִים בַּשְּׁבִיעִיתClearing wood, stones, and grass from the field
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Mishnah שביעית ד׳:א׳ · Sheviis 4:1
בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים,
מְלַקֵּט אָדָם עֵצִים וַאֲבָנִים וַעֲשָׂבִים מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁלּוֹ, כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהוּא מְלַקֵּט מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ, אֶת הַגַּס הַגָּס.
מִשֶּׁרַבּוּ עוֹבְרֵי עֲבֵרָה, הִתְקִינוּ שֶׁיְּהֵא זֶה מְלַקֵּט מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁל זֶה, וְזֶה מְלַקֵּט מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁל זֶה, שֶׁלֹּא בְטוֹבָה,
וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר שֶׁיְּקַצֵּץ לָהֶם מְזוֹנוֹת:
At first they would say:
A person may gather wood, stones, and grasses from his own [field], just as he gathers from his fellow's [field], [taking] the large ones.
Once they increased - the transgressors, they instituted that this one gathers from that one's [field], and that one gathers from this one's [field], not as a favor,
and needless to say, he may not arrange food [payment] with them:
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Structure
The Mishnah's Structure▾
בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים… הִתְקִינוּ
בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה
מְלַקֵּט אָדָם מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁלּוֹ, אֶת הַגַּס הַגָּס
wood, stones, grass — only the coarse pieces
מִשֶּׁרַבּוּ עוֹבְרֵי עֲבֵרָה
they took even the small pieces
הִתְקִינוּ
זֶה מְלַקֵּט מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁל זֶה
each gathers from the other's field
שֶׁלֹּא בְטוֹבָה
and no favor in return
Summary Chart
Clearing wood, stones, and grass from the field▾
CaseRulingReason
How could a person originally clear wood, stones, and grass from his own field on Sheviis?If he wants the wood itself — only the coarse pieces, as from a friend's field—
And once transgressors multiplied?They enacted: each clears his fellow's field — no favors owed, and certainly no meals provided—
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