Jewish%20thought for Makkot 16:5

א"ל ההוא מרבנן לרבא ממאי דחרישה דרשות דלמא חרישת עומר דמצוה ואפ"ה אמר רחמנא תשבות א"ל כיון דאם מצא חרוש אינו חורש לאו מצוה

A certain Rabbi asked Rava: From where do you know (really R. Yishmael) that this plowing is voluntary? Maybe it is plowing for the Mitzvah of the Omer and even in this case, God said, "you shall desist." He said to him: If he were to find the (field) already plowed, then he would not have to plow again.(Therefore), plowing is not a Mitzvah.

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