Sheviis 5:4 — Uprooting Luf during Shemittah

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Uprooting Luf during Shemittah

עֲקִירַת הַלּוּף בַּשְּׁבִיעִית
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Mishnah שביעית ה׳:ד׳ · Sheviis 5:4
לוּף שֶׁל עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁנִכְנַס לַשְּׁבִיעִית,
וְכֵן בְּצָלִים הַקֵּיצוֹנִים,
וְכֵן פּוּאָה שֶׁל עִדִּית,
בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, עוֹקְרִין אוֹתָן בְּמַאֲרוּפוֹת שֶׁל עֵץ.
וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, בְּקַרְדֻּמּוֹת שֶׁל מַתָּכוֹת.
וּמוֹדִים בְּפוּאָה שֶׁל צְלָעוֹת, שֶׁעוֹקְרִין אוֹתָהּ בְּקַרְדֻּמּוֹת שֶׁל מַתָּכוֹת:
Arum of erev Sheviis that carried into Sheviis,
and likewise summer onions,
and likewise madder of rich soil -
Beis Shammai say: one may uproot them with wooden tools.
and Beis Hillel say: [even] with metal axes.
But they agree, regarding madder [growing] in rocky ground, that one may uproot it with metal axes:

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