Commentary for Bava Batra 160:11

ובתולת השקמה ג' טפחים בעינן ורמינהי אין קוצצין בתולת השקמה בשביעית מפני שהיא עבודה

and cut it. [If] a virgin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., uncut, untrimmed. ');">¹⁹</span> sycamore [the cut must be made at no less a height than] three handbreadths. If a sycamore trunk,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the sycamore has been cut before and grew up again. ');">²⁰</span>

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