Commentary for Eruvin 13:9

אבל היכא דלא סתרי אהדדי עבדינן

It once happened that R'Akiba gathered [the fruit of] an ethrog<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">²¹</span> on the first of Shebat<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar (corresponding to January / February) the first day of which is regarded by Beth Shammai as the New Year for Trees. The gathering took place at the end of the second year of the septennial cycle and the beginning of the third.');">²²</span> and subjected it to two tithes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'second tithe' which is due in the second year of the septennial cycle, and the 'poor man's tithe' which is due in the third year of the cycle.');">²³</span>

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