Sheviis 9:3 — What the three lands accomplish

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נושא · Topicלָמָּה אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹתWhat the three lands accomplish
This Mishnah is:drawing the boundary · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ט׳:ג׳ · Sheviis 9:3
וְלָמָּה אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת,
שֶׁיִּהְיוּ אוֹכְלִין בְּכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת עַד שֶׁיִּכְלֶה הָאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁבָּהּ.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, לֹא אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת אֶלָּא בִיהוּדָה.
וּשְׁאָר כָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת, כְּהַר הַמֶּלֶךְ.
וְכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת, כְּאַחַת לַזֵּיתִים וְלַתְּמָרִים:
And why did they say three lands?
So that they may eat in each one until the last [of that species] in it is gone.
Rabbi Shimon says: they said three lands only regarding Yehuda.
And all the other lands are like the King's Mountain.
And all the lands are as one regarding olives and dates:
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וְלָמָּה אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת שֶׁיִּהְיוּ אוֹכְלִין בְּכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת עַד שֶׁיִּכְלֶה הָאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁבָּהּ Yehudah Ever haYarden the Galil one clock per land Rabbi Shimon לֹא אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת אֶלָּא בִיהוּדָה כְּהַר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת כְּאַחַת לַזֵּיתִים וְלַתְּמָרִים one land, one clock
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What the three lands accomplish▾
CaseRulingReason
Why did they say three lands?Tanna Kamma: So that in each land they keep eating until the last of that land's produce is gone — the latest sub-region carries the whole land—
Rabbi Shimon: Only Yehuda has three; all the rest are like Har HaMelech — keep eating as long as produce lasts there—
And what of olives and dates?All the lands are one — keep eating until the last is gone from the whole of Eretz Yisrael—
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