Commentary for Avodah Zarah 100:4

כאן וכאן אין מגזמין וסכין שמן לגזום בין במועד בין בשביעית ולית נגר ולא בר נגר דיפרקינה

On both these occasions we may not prune, but we may smear oil on the place of pruning both during the festival and during the Sabbatical year. And there was no carpenter or son of a carpenter who could explain this teaching.

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