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Gathering Shemittah grapes and olives

a family takes what it needs

May a potter sell him as many jugs as he asks?

Five oil jugs, fifteen wine jugs

Permissivemay sell
What a family keeps for a year
Reasonsince it is normal to bring [that much] from hefker.
→ what one normally takes from hefker

He brought home more than that?

Rambam: the produce stays his
Permissiveit is permitted.
→ mutar
Others: the potter may sell him more jugs

To non-Jews in the Land — and to Jews abroad: any number

MishnahNochrim in Eretz Yisrael; a Yisrael — only outside Eretz Yisrael→ no limit: Shemittah is not their concern there
Rash MiShantz: even full of oil and wine from Eretz Yisrael
Sheviis 5:7

How Many Jugs a Potter May Sell

מְכִירַת כַּדִּים בַּשְּׁבִיעִית
הַיּוֹצֵר, מוֹכֵר חֲמִשָּׁה כַּדֵּי שֶׁמֶן וַחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר כַּדֵּי יַיִן, שֶׁכֵּן דַּרְכּוֹ לְהָבִיא מִן הַהֶפְקֵר.
וְאִם הֵבִיא יוֹתֵר מִכָּאן, מֻתָּר.
וּמוֹכֵר לְנָכְרִים בָּאָרֶץ,
וּלְיִּשְׂרָאֵל בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ:
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