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שביעית ח׳Sheviit 8

Perek 8 of 10 in Sheviit — 11 mishnayot

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Mishnah 1א׳

כְּלָל גָּדוֹל אָמְרוּ בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, כָּל הַמְיֻחָד לְמַאֲכַל אָדָם, אֵין עוֹשִׂין מִמֶּנּוּ מְלוּגְמָא לָאָדָם, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר לַבְּהֵמָה. וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְיֻחָד לְמַאֲכַל אָדָם, עוֹשִׂין מִמֶּנּוּ מְלוּגְמָא לְאָדָם, אֲבָל לֹא לִבְהֵמָה. וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְיֻחָד לֹא לְמַאֲכַל אָדָם וְלֹא לְמַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה, חָשַׁב עָלָיו לְמַאֲכַל אָדָם וּלְמַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה, נוֹתְנִין עָלָיו חֻמְרֵי אָדָם וְחֻמְרֵי בְהֵמָה. חָשַׁב עָלָיו לְעֵצִים, הֲרֵי הוּא כְעֵצִים, כְּגוֹן הַסִּיאָה וְהָאֵזוֹב וְהַקּוֹרָנִית:

An important rule that they [the Sages] said regarding the Sabbatical year: anything that is specifically [considered] human food cannot be made into a plaster for humans, and it need not be said [that it cannot be made into a plaster] for animals. And anything that is not specifically [considered] human food can be made into a plaster for people but not for animals. And anything that is neither specifically [considered] human food nor animal food: [if] he intended it [at the time of picking] to be both human food and animal food, it takes on the stringencies of human food and the stringencies of animal food. [If] he intended it for wood, it is considered wood [and can therefore only be used to feed fire]. For example, Satureia Thymbra, hyssop, and thyme [can all be used either as food or as wood].

Mishnah 2ב׳

שְׁבִיעִית, נִתְּנָה לַאֲכִילָה וְלִשְׁתִיָּה וּלְסִיכָה, לֶאֱכֹל דָּבָר שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לֶאֱכֹל, וְלָסוּךְ דָּבָר שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לָסוּךְ. לֹא יָסוּךְ יַיִן וָחֹמֶץ, אֲבָל סָךְ הוּא אֶת הַשָּׁמֶן. וְכֵן בִּתְרוּמָה וּבְמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי. קַל מֵהֶם שְׁבִיעִית, שֶׁנִּתְּנָה לְהַדְלָקַת הַנֵּר:

[Produce grown during] the Sabbatical year may be used for eating or for drinking or for anointing; for eating that which is normally eaten, and for anointing that which is normally used to smear. He may not anoint with wine or vinegar, but he may anoint with oil. And so too in [produce that is] Terumah [produce consecrated for priestly consumption] or Ma'aser Sheni [second tithe, which must be eaten in Jerusalem]. The [law of the] Sabbatical year is more lenient than them in that it[s produce] may be used to light a candle.

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Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

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