Mesorat%20hashas for Moed Katan 6:13
והני הלכתא נינהו קראי נינהו (דתנן) (שמות לד, כא) בחריש ובקציר תשבות ר' עקיבא אומר אין צריך לומר חריש וקציר של שביעית שהרי כבר נאמר (ויקרא כה, ד) שדך לא תזרע וכרמך לא תזמור אלא חריש של ערב שביעית
Says R'Akiba,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As all manner of work is forbidden on the sabbath day, the particular stress on ploughing and reaping suggested a connection between the sabbath-day and the sabbath-year.');"><sup>22</sup></span> There is no need to be told [in the second clause] to desist from ploughing or reaping in the seventh year, since it is already stated [elsewhere at length]: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard: [that which groweth of itself thou shalt not reap].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 4-5.');"><sup>23</sup></span> [It can be taken] only [to debar] ploughing in the pre-sabbatical year
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