Sheviis 6:2 — Shemittah in Syria

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Shemittah in Syria

שְׁבִיעִית בְּסוּרְיָא
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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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