Sheviis 7:5 — Young shoots: which have biur

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נושא · Topicלוּלְבֵי הָאִילָנוֹתYoung shoots: which have biur
This Mishnah is:a rulewhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ז׳:ה׳ · Sheviis 7:5
לוּלְבֵי זְרָדִים וְהֶחָרוּבִין,
יֵשׁ לָהֶם שְׁבִיעִית וְלִדְמֵיהֶן שְׁבִיעִית,
יֵשׁ לָהֶן בִּעוּר וְלִדְמֵיהֶן בִּעוּר.
לוּלְבֵי הָאֵלָה וְהַבָּטְנָה וְהָאֲטָדִין,
יֵשׁ לָהֶם שְׁבִיעִית, וְלִדְמֵיהֶן שְׁבִיעִית,
אֵין לָהֶם בִּעוּר וְלֹא לִדְמֵיהֶן בִּעוּר.
אֲבָל לֶעָלִין יֵשׁ בִּעוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנּוֹשְׁרִין מֵאֲבִיהֶן:
The tender shoots of the zeradim [shrub] and of the carob,
they have Sheviis, and their proceeds have Sheviis;
they are subject to biur, and their proceeds to biur.
Shoots of the terebinth, the pistachio, and the boxthorn,
they have Sheviis, and their proceeds have Sheviis;
but they are not subject to biur, nor their proceeds.
But the leaves are subject to biur, because they fall from their stem:
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Structure
The Mishnah's Structure▾
The opening clause's soft shoots — zeradim, carob — do carry biur; the drawn tree is the mishnah's split case.
לוּלְבֵי הָאֵלָה וְהַבָּטְנָה וְהָאֲטָדִין אֵין לָהֶם בִּעוּר hardens into its branch אֲבָל לֶעָלִין יֵשׁ בִּעוּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנּוֹשְׁרִין מֵאֲבִיהֶן
Summary Chart
Young shoots: which have biur▾
CaseRulingReason
How do we treat the young shoots of the hawthorn and the carob?Sheviis and biur — they and their money (still soft and edible)—
And what of the shoots of the elah and the botnah (pistachio-type trees), and the blackthorn?Sheviis — yes, they and their money; biur — no (they harden into the tree and remain)—
And what of their leaves?Biur — yesמִפְּנֵי שֶׁנּוֹשְׁרִין מֵאֲבִיהֶן — they drop off from their parent stem
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