Jewish%20thought for Moed Katan 5:7

יכול לא יקשקש תחת הזיתים ולא יעדר תחת הגפנים ולא ימלא נקעים מים ולא יעשה עוגיות לגפנים ת"ל שדך לא תזרע

[Similarly] whence [is derived the rule] not to manure,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yalkut reads: 'remove excrescences' or 'warts'.');">⁸</span> or remove stones, or dust [with flower of sulphur]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus J. Sheb. II, 2; Aruch explains 'remove dust from the foliage' and Rashi here takes it as covering with dust the exposed roots. The context seems to favour the first explanation here adopted.');">⁹</span> or fumigate the tree?

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