Selling tools to one suspected on Shemittah
Lifnei iver: don't help another sin
“do not put a stumbling block before the blind”
He may not sell: a plow and its parts, a yoke…
Restrictivethat a craftsman may not sell
→ not to one suspected
Uman — the craftsman who makes them
…a winnowing fork, a digging hoe
Mizreha winnowing fork: it tosses grain into the wind
He may sell: sickles, a wagon
Permissivehe may sell
A sickle also trims branches — allowed
The rule
General ruleThis is the rule:
Restrictiveis forbidden.
Only for forbidden work → assur
Permissiveis permitted:
Forbidden or permitted → mutar
Sheviis 5:6
Tools a Craftsman May Sell during Shemittah
מְכִירַת כֵּלִים בַּשְּׁבִיעִית
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: