Onions that sprout leaves again
Year-six onions still in the ground
Or put back in the ground to store
Or lying on the ground
Rain fell on them in Shemittah — and they sprouted
did they draw from the ground this year?
Dark leaves — or pale?
Restrictivethey are forbidden.
Dark leaves → it grew in Shemittah → assurBartenura
Permissiveare permitted.
Pale, yellowing → withering, not growing → mutar
Rabbi Chanina ben Antignos: can it be pulled up by its leaves?
Rambam's text: if it can NOT be pulled upit has rooted again
Restrictivethey are forbidden.
→ then it grew in Shemittah: assur
In year eight, the same signs — to permit
MishnahBy the same signs — mutar→ the same test decides
Sheviis 6:3
Onions That Sprouted during Shemittah
בְּצָלִים שֶׁצִּמְּחוּ בַּשְּׁבִיעִית
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: