Sheviis 5:8 — Selling a Plowing Cow during Shemittah

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Selling a Plowing Cow during Shemittah

מְכִירַת פָּרָה חוֹרֶשֶׁת
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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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