שביעית ו׳Sheviit 6

Mishnah 1א׳

שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לַשְּׁבִיעִית. כָּל שֶׁהֶחֱזִיקוּ עוֹלֵי בָבֶל, מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַד כְּזִיב, לֹא נֶאֱכָל וְלֹא נֶעֱבָד. וְכָל שֶׁהֶחֱזִיקוּ עוֹלֵי מִצְרַיִם, מִכְּזִיב וְעַד הַנָּהָר וְעַד אֲמָנָה, נֶאֱכָל, אֲבָל לֹא נֶעֱבָד. מִן הַנָּהָר וּמֵאֲמָנָה וְלִפְנִים, נֶאֱכָל וְנֶעֱבָד:

There are three regions in regard to the Sabbatical [laws]. All [land] that was controlled by those who came up from Babylon, [that is,] from the Land of Israel until Kiziv, [its produce] may not be eaten and [it] may not be cultivated. And all [land] that was controlled by those who came up from Egypt, [that is,] from Kiziv until the river and until Amanah, [its produce] may be eaten, but [it] may not be cultivated. From the river and from Amanah and further, [its produce] may be eaten and [it] may be cultivated.

Mishnah 2ב׳

עוֹשִׂין בְּתָלוּשׁ בְּסוּרְיָא, אֲבָל לֹא בִמְחֻבָּר. דָּשִׁים וְזוֹרִין וְדוֹרְכִין וּמְעַמְּרִין, אֲבָל לֹא קוֹצְרִין וְלֹא בוֹצְרִין וְלֹא מוֹסְקִים. כְּלָל אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, כָּל שֶׁכַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ מֻתָּר בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, עוֹשִׂין אוֹתוֹ בְּסוּרְיָא:

One may work on [produce] that has been plucked in Syria, but not on [produce] that is still attached to the ground. One may thresh and winnow and tread and pile, but one may not harvest grain or harvest grapes or harvest olives. This rule was spoken by Rabbi Akiva: all work which would be [retroactively] permitted if it were done in the Land of Israel, may be done [from the outset] in Syria.