Luf left in the ground through Shemittah
its leaves are eaten; the bulb grows on
Rabbi Eliezer: did the poor gather its leaves?
Shemittah leaves are hefker
Permissivethey have gathered [and it is theirs].
→ then he may dig it up after
If not — he makes a reckoning with the poor
Restrictivehe must make a reckoning with the poor.
Two years in the ground → half its value
Three years → a third
Biur: Shemittah food must leave the house
when its kind is gone from the field
Rabbi Eliezer: after biur, only the poor may take it
Rabbi Yehoshua: the poor have no claim
Rabbi EliezerIf they gathered its leaves during Sheviis — theirs, rightly; if not — he pays the poor their share of its value (half for each year it grew)→ he pays the poor their share
Rabbi YehoshuaEither way — no payment owed→ nothing owed
After biur, it is open to everyone
Sheviis 5:3
Luf Left in the Ground past Shemittah
לוּף שֶׁעָבְרָה עָלָיו שְׁבִיעִית
לוּף שֶׁעָבְרָה עָלָיו שְׁבִיעִית,
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אִם לָקְטוּ הָעֲנִיִּים אֶת עָלָיו, לָקָטוּ. וְאִם לָאו, יַעֲשֶׂה חֶשְׁבּוֹן עִם הָעֲנִיִּים.
רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, אִם לָקְטוּ הָעֲנִיִּים אֶת עָלָיו, לָקָטוּ. וְאִם לָאו, אֵין לָעֲנִיִּים עָלָיו חֶשְׁבּוֹן: