Sheviis 5:4 — Uprooting erev-Sheviis luf during Sheviis

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נושא · Topicעֲקִירַת הַלּוּף בַּשְּׁבִיעִיתUprooting erev-Sheviis luf during Sheviis
This Mishnah is:a case · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
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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Uprooting erev-Sheviis luf during Sheviis
CaseRulingReason
How may one uproot erev-Sheviis luf, summer onions, and madder of rich soil during Sheviis?Beis Shammai: With wooden rakes
Beis Hillel: Even with metal axes
And what of madder growing in rocky ground?Even Beis Shammai agrees — metal axes
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