Sheviis 5:8 — Selling a plowing cow — and other dealings

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נושא · Topicמְכִירַת פָּרָה חוֹרֶשֶׁתSelling a plowing cow — and other dealings
This Mishnah is:a case · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ה׳:ח׳ · Sheviis 5:8
בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, לֹא יִמְכֹּר לוֹ פָרָה חוֹרֶשֶׁת בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.
וּבֵית הִלֵּל מַתִּירִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְשָׁחֲטָהּ.
מוֹכֵר לוֹ פֵּרוֹת אֲפִלּוּ בִּשְׁעַת הַזֶּרַע,
וּמַשְׁאִיל לוֹ סְאָתוֹ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ גֹּרֶן,
וּפוֹרֵט לוֹ מָעוֹת אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ פּוֹעֲלִים.
וְכֻלָּן, בְּפֵרוּשׁ, אֲסוּרִין:
Beis Shammai say: one may not sell him a plowing cow in Sheviis.
and Beis Hillel permit [it], because he is able to slaughter it.
One may sell him produce even at planting time,
and lend him his se'ah-measure, even though he knows he has a threshing floor,
and change for him coins, even though he knows he has workers.
But all of these, [if done] explicitly [to aid the transgression], are forbidden:
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case/objectrestrictive rulingpermissive rulingTannareasoncondition
Structure
The Mishnah's Structure
וְכֻלָּן, בְּפֵרוּשׁ, אֲסוּרִיןhow plausible is the innocent use?מוֹכֵר לוֹ פֵּרוֹת אֲפִלּוּ בִּשְׁעַת הַזֶּרַעמַשְׁאִיל לוֹ סְאָתוֹ · פוֹרֵט לוֹ מָעוֹתmany innocent usesפָרָה חוֹרֶשֶׁת בַּשְּׁבִיעִיתמִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְשָׁחֲטָהּone thin excuseBeis Shammai forbids the sale · Beis Hillel permitsבְּפֵרוּשׁ — אֲסוּרִין
Summary Chart
Selling a plowing cow — and other dealings
CaseRulingReason
May one sell a plowing cow in Sheviis to someone suspect on Sheviis?Beis Shammai: No
Beis Hillel: Yesמִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְשָׁחֲטָהּ — because he is able to slaughter it
What else may one do for him despite the suspicion?Sell him produce — even at planting time
lend him his se'ah-measure — even knowing he has a threshing floor
change coins for him — even knowing he has workers
And if he says explicitly that it is for forbidden work?All assur
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