Sheviis 9:2 — Three lands for biur

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נושא · Topicשָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לַבִּעוּרThree lands for biur
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Mishnah שביעית ט׳:ב׳ · Sheviis 9:2
שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לַבִּעוּר, יְהוּדָה, וְעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, וְהַגָּלִיל.
וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לְכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת.
גָּלִיל הָעֶלְיוֹן, וְגָלִיל הַתַּחְתּוֹן, וְהָעֵמֶק.
מִכְּפַר חֲנַנְיָה וּלְמַעְלָן, כָּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְגַדֵּל שִׁקְמִין, גָּלִיל הָעֶלְיוֹן,
וּמִכְּפַר חֲנַנְיָה וּלְמַטָּן, כָּל שֶׁהוּא מְגַדֵּל שִׁקְמִין, גָּלִיל הַתַּחְתּוֹן.
וּתְחוּם טְבֶרְיָא, הָעֵמֶק.
וּבִיהוּדָה, הָהָר וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה וְהָעֵמֶק.
וּשְׁפֵלַת לוּד כִּשְׁפֵלַת הַדָּרוֹם, וְהָהָר שֶׁלָּהּ כְּהַר הַמֶּלֶךְ.
מִבֵּית חוֹרוֹן וְעַד הַיָּם מְדִינָה אֶחָת:
There are three lands for biur: Yehuda, Trans-Jordan, and the Galil.
And [there are] three lands within each one.
Upper Galil, Lower Galil, and the Valley.
From Kfar Chananya upward, wherever sycamores do not grow, is Upper Galil;
and from Kfar Chananya downward, wherever sycamores do grow, is Lower Galil.
And the region of Teverya is the Valley.
And in Yehuda: the Mountain, the Lowland, and the Valley.
The Lowland of Lod is like the Lowland of the South, and its Mountain is like the King's Mountain.
From Beis Choron to the sea is [counted as] one district:
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Structure
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שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לַבִּעוּר וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לְכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת the sea וְהַגָּלִיל גָּלִיל הָעֶלְיוֹן מִכְּפַר חֲנַנְיָה גָלִיל הַתַּחְתּוֹן וּתְחוּם טְבֶרְיָא — הָעֵמֶק יְהוּדָה וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה הָהָר וְהָעֵמֶק וְעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן three within, unnamed
Summary Chart
Three lands for biur▾
CaseRulingReason
How many lands is Eretz Yisrael divided into for biur — clearing Sheviis produce from the house once its kind is gone from the field?Three — Yehuda, Ever haYarden, and the Galil; each again splits in three—
Which are the three of the Galil?Upper Galil — from Kfar Chananya upward, wherever sycamores do not grow
Lower Galil — from Kfar Chananya downward, wherever sycamores grow
The Emek — the district of Teverya		—
And which are the three of Yehuda?The mountain, the shefelah (the lowland plains toward the sea), and the emek (the valley country of Yericho and Ein Gedi)
Shefelas Lod counts as the southern shefelah, and its hill-country as Har HaMelech
From Beis Choron to the sea — one district		—
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