Commentary for Menachot 170:1

ברייתא קתני שונה

whilst this Baraitha expressly says 'twice'! - This is no difficulty, for in the one case the field had been tilled<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the case of our Mishnah, hence the Tanna of our Mishnah did not state 'twice', for since the field was tilled in the first year it was not necessary to plough it twice in the second year. The question, however, still remains whether according to the Tanna of our Mishnah it is necessary to plough it once in the second year before the sowing or not! vban ojk');">¹</span> [in the first year], and in the other it had not been tilled. How is it then [with regard to our origina question]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. prec. n. The most lucid interpretation of the entire passage is to be found in the commentary on Maim. Yad, Issure Mizbeah. VII, 4.');">²</span>

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