Sheviis 8:6 — Processing produce differently

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נושא · Topicדֶּרֶךְ שִׁנּוּי בְּעִבּוּד הַפֵּרוֹתProcessing produce differently
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Mishnah שביעית ח׳:ו׳ · Sheviis 8:6
תְּאֵנִים שֶׁל שְׁבִיעִית,
אֵין קוֹצִין אוֹתָן בְּמֻקְצֶה,
אֲבָל קוֹצֶה אוֹתָם בַּחַרְבָּה.
אֵין דּוֹרְכִין עֲנָבִים בַּגַּת,
אֲבָל דּוֹרֵךְ הוּא בָּעֲרֵבָה.
וְאֵין עוֹשִׂין זֵיתִים בַּבַּד וּבַקֹּטֶב,
אֲבָל כּוֹתֵשׁ הוּא וּמַכְנִיס לַבּוֹדִידָה.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר,
אַף טוֹחֵן הוּא בְּבֵית הַבַּד וּמַכְנִיס לַבּוֹדִידָה:
Sheviis figs -
one may not cut them with a [special] fig-knife,
but one may cut them with a [makeshift] blade.
One may not tread grapes in a winepress,
but one may tread in a [small] tub.
And one may not process olives in an [olive-]press or with a press-beam,
but one may crush [them] and put [them] into a small press.
Rabbi Shimon says:
one may even grind [them] in the press-house and put [them] into a small press:
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Summary Chart
Processing produce differently▾
CaseRulingReason
How must Sheviis produce be processed?Figs — not cut for drying in the regular fig-drying place (muktzeh), but in a desolate area (churvah)
Grapes — not trodden in the winepress, but in a kneading-tub (areivah)
Olives — not in the large beam-press (bad) or the smaller press (kotev), but crushed and put into a tiny press (bodeidah)		—
And may the olives first be ground in the press-house (beis habad)?Rabbi Shimon: Yes — grind there, then finish in the tiny press—
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