Commentary for Avodah Zarah 100:9

ואלא סיכה אסיכה קא קשיא ליה דקתני סכין שמן לגזום בין במועד ובין בשביעית ורמינהי סכין את הפגין ומנקבין ומפטמין אותן עד ר"ה עד ר"ה אין בשביעית לא

Perhaps the difficulty is in the contradiction about smearing oil, for it was taught: “We may smear oil on the place of pruning either during hol hamoed or during the Sabbatical year”; and against this I quote: “We may smear fig and perforate them and fatten them [with oil] up to the New Year” up to the New Year this is permissible but not in the Sabbatical year itself!

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