Sheviis 6:2 — Sheviis work in Syria

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SheviisMesechtaמסכתשביעית
6Perekפרקו׳
2Mishnahמשנהב׳
נושא · Topicשְׁבִיעִית בְּסוּרְיָאSheviis work in Syria
This Mishnah is:a rule · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ו׳:ב׳ · Sheviis 6:2
עוֹשִׂין בְּתָלוּשׁ בְּסוּרְיָא, אֲבָל לֹא בִמְחֻבָּר.
דָּשִׁים וְזוֹרִין וְדוֹרְכִין וּמְעַמְּרִין, אֲבָל לֹא קוֹצְרִין וְלֹא בוֹצְרִין וְלֹא מוֹסְקִים.
כְּלָל אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, כָּל שֶׁכַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ מֻתָּר בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, עוֹשִׂין אוֹתוֹ בְּסוּרְיָא:
One may work with detached [produce] in Syria, but not with attached [produce].
One may thresh, winnow, tread, and bind sheaves, but not reap, harvest grapes, or pick olives.
A rule was stated by Rabbi Akiva: anything whose like is permitted in Eretz Yisrael, one may do in Syria:
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Sheviis work in Syria
CaseRulingReason
What work may be done in Syria on Sheviis?Tanna Kamma: In produce already cut (talush) — thresh, winnow, tread, bind sheaves; in what still grows (mechubar) — no reaping, no grape-picking, no olive-picking
Rabbi Akiva: If there is any permitted way to do it in Eretz Yisrael — in Syria it may be done freely
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