משנה: כֵּיצַד מְבַטְּלָהּ. קִירְסֵם זֵירֵד נָטַל מִמֶּנָּה מַקֵּל אוֹ שַׁרְבִיט אֲפִילוּ עָלֶה הֲרֵי זוֹ בִיטֵלָה. שְׁפָאָהּ לְצוֹרְכָּהּ אֲסוּרָה וְשֶׁלֹּא לְצוֹרְכָּהּ מוּתֶּרֶת:
MISHNAH: How does one make it insignificant? If he pruned dry branches, green branches, took from it a rod, or a twig, even a leaf, it became in significant. If he planed it for its benefit it is forbidden, not for its benefit it is permitted.