Sheviis 6:3 — Onions that sprouted in Sheviis

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נושא · Topicבְּצָלִים שֶׁצִּמְּחוּ בַּשְּׁבִיעִיתOnions that sprouted in Sheviis
This Mishnah is:a case · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ו׳:ג׳ · Sheviis 6:3
בְּצָלִים שֶׁיָּרְדוּ עֲלֵיהֶם גְּשָׁמִים וְצִמֵּחוּ,
אִם הָיוּ הֶעָלִין שֶׁלָּהֶם שְׁחוֹרִין, אֲסוּרִין.
הוֹרִיקוּ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מֻתָּרִין.
רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶן אַנְטִיגְנוֹס אוֹמֵר,
אִם יְכוֹלִין לְהִתָּלֵשׁ בֶּעָלִין שֶׁלָּהֶן, אֲסוּרִין.
וּכְנֶגֶד כֵּן, מוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית, מֻתָּרִין:
Onions upon which rain fell and which sprouted -
if their leaves were dark, they are forbidden.
[If] they turned green, these are permitted.
Rabbi Chanina ben Antignos says:
if they can be pulled up by their leaves, they are forbidden.
And correspondingly, in the year after Sheviis, they are permitted:
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case/objectrestrictive rulingpermissive rulingTannacondition
Summary Chart
Onions that sprouted in Sheviis▾
CaseRulingReason
Onions were rained on and sprouted during Sheviis — how do we tell whether they are now Sheviis produce?Tanna Kamma: Leaves dull and pale — new growth — assur
Dark — old growth — mutar		—
Rabbi Chanina ben Antignos: If the bulb can be pulled up by its leaves — assur—
And onions that sprout in the year after Sheviis (motzaei Sheviis)?By the same signs — mutar—
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