Perek 5: fruit that takes years · dealing with those suspected on Shemittah

A fruit's year is the year it blossoms

but some take three years to ripen

Benos shuach — what are they?

Many meforshim: white figs

Lieberman · Feliks: cones of the stone pine

The pine-cone motif is all over Roman art

Pine cones: their Shemittah is the second year after

Restrictivefalls in the second year,

Reasonbecause they take three years to produce.

They take three years to grow

And Persian fruit (parsaos)?

Rabbi YehudaThe very next year — motzaei Sheviis→ the year after — they take two years

A date — or the “monkey fruit” (Mimusops)

ChachamimOrdinary fruit — the special rule is pine cones alone→ the rule is for pine cones alone

Sheviis 5:1

Fruits That Take Years to Ripen

בְּנוֹת שׁוּחַ וּפַרְסָאוֹת

בְּנוֹת שׁוּחַ, שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁלָּהֶן, שְׁנִיָּה, שֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הַפַּרְסָאוֹת, שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁלָּהֶן, מוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית, שֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לִשְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים.
אָמְרוּ לוֹ, לֹא אָמְרוּ אֶלָּא בְנוֹת שׁוּחַ: