Commentary for Bava Kamma 137:7

אמר רבן שמעון בן גמליאל בד"א בשביעית דהפקר נינהו

could not be enjoyed for any use whatever. 'A field of graves used to be marked with lime', the sign having the colour of white, like corpses. 'The lime was dissolved in water and then poured out' so as to make its colour more white. 'R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: These practices were recommended only for the Sabbatical year,' when the fruits on the trees were ownerless;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Lev. XXV, 6-7. ');">¹¹</span> 'for in the case of the other years of the Septennate,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the fruits were not ownerless. ');">¹²</span>

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