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The Jerusalem Talmud

Jerusalem Talmud Sheviit 2.1

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

MISHNAH: Until when may one plough a shadeless field in the year preceding the Sabbatical? After the humidity stops, as long as people plough to plant melon and gourd fields. Rebbi Simeon said, you put the instruction for every individual in his own hand! But a shadeless field until Passover, a field with trees until Pentecost.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

HALAKHAH: “Until when may one plough,” etc. Who is the Tanna who considers humidity? He is Rebbi Meïr. Then Rebbi Meïr follows the House of Shammai and Rebbi Simeon the House of Hillel. Could we conclude that in our Mishnah Rebbi Meïr follows the House of Shammai and Rebbi Simeon the House of Hillel? It must be that Rebbi Meïr follows the first Mishnah and Rebbi Simeon the later Mishnah. Could we conclude that in our Mishnah Rebbi Meïr follows the first Mishnah and Rebbi Simeon the later Mishnah? But for Rebbi Meïr it is taught as a disagreement and for Rebbi Simeon it is the opinion of everybody. Hence, the author of “until when may one plough a shadeless field in the year preceding the Sabbatical” is Rebbi Meïr, but following Rebbi Simeon everybody agrees to “until Pentecost.”

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Not only a field planted with melons and gourds but even when people intend to plant melons and gourds in the future it is permitted.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

“Rebbi Simeon said, you put the instruction for every individual in his own hand!” One will say, the moisture of my field is gone; the other one will say, the moisture of my field is not yet gone. “But a shadeless field until Passover, a field with trees until Pentecost.”

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What explains the difference between a shadeless field and an orchard? Since a shadeless field will be newly sown it needs existing superficial moisture but an orchard which already is planted does not need superficial moisture.

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The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

Hebrew/Aramaic text: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015), via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

English translation: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015); commentary notes omitted, via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

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