Sheviis 5:6 — Tools a Craftsman May Sell during Shemittah

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Tools a Craftsman May Sell during Shemittah

מְכִירַת כֵּלִים בַּשְּׁבִיעִית
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Mishnah שביעית ה׳:ו׳ · Sheviis 5:6
אֵלּוּ כֵלִים שֶׁאֵין הָאֻמָּן רַשַּׁאי לְמָכְרָם בַּשְּׁבִיעִית,
מַחֲרֵשָׁה וְכָל כֵּלֶיהָ,
הָעוֹל,
וְהַמִּזְרֶה,
וְהַדָּקָר.
אֲבָל מוֹכֵר הוּא מַגַּל יָד וּמַגַּל קָצִיר, וַעֲגָלָה וְכָל כֵּלֶיהָ.
זֶה הַכְּלָל, כָּל שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ מְיֻחֶדֶת לַעֲבֵרָה, אָסוּר.
לְאִסּוּר וּלְהֶתֵּר, מֻתָּר:
These are the tools that a craftsman may not sell in Sheviis:
a plow and all its parts,
the yoke,
the winnowing fork,
and the [digging] hoe.
But he may sell a hand-sickle, a harvesting sickle, a wagon and all its parts.
This is the rule: anything whose use is designated for a transgression is forbidden.
[Anything used] for both a forbidden and a permitted [purpose] is permitted:

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