Sheviis 9:4 — Eating from Ownerless Produce

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Eating from Ownerless Produce

אוֹכְלִין עַל הַמֻּפְקָר
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Mishnah שביעית ט׳:ד׳ · Sheviis 9:4
אוֹכְלִין עַל הַמֻּפְקָר, אֲבָל לֹא עַל הַשָּׁמוּר.
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מַתִּיר אַף עַל הַשָּׁמוּר.
אוֹכְלִין עַל הַטְּפִיחִין וְעַל הַדּוּפְרָא, אֲבָל לֹא עַל הַסִּתְוָנִיּוֹת.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַתִּיר כָּל זְמַן שֶׁבִּכְּרוּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא יִכְלֶה הַקָּיִץ:
One may eat on the strength of ownerless [produce], but not on the strength of guarded [produce].
Rabbi Yose permits [it] even on the strength of guarded [produce].
One may eat on the strength of [poor-quality] tefichin-figs and the twice-bearing [fig], but not on the strength of the winter [grapes].
Rabbi Yehuda permits [it] as long as they began to ripen before the summer [fruit] ended:

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