Perek 3: manure and stones

now: wood, stones and grass

Wood, stones and grass — may he take them from his field?

At first: from his own field — as he would from a fellow's

PermissiveA person may gather

Only the big piecesleave the small ones — so it isn't clearing the field

Once people took advantage: each clears his fellow's field

General rulethey instituted that this one gathers from that one's [field], and that one gathers from this one's [field],

Not as a favornothing given in return

And surely no meals for the workers

the owner may not set food aside for those who clear his field

Restrictiveand needless to say, he may not arrange food [payment] with them:

The Yerushalmi: in the end, only around the house and the yard

people kept taking advantage — so another takanah

Sheviis 4:1

Gathering Wood and Stones from a Field

לִקּוּט עֵצִים וַאֲבָנִים בַּשְּׁבִיעִית

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: