Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 205:9

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> בשלמא אימין ליחייב משום דדרך כתיבה בכך אלא אשמאל אמאי הא אין דרך כתיבה בכך א"ר ירמיה באטר יד שנו ותהוי שמאל דידיה כימין דכ"ע ואשמאל ליחייב אימין לא ליחייב אלא אמר אביי בשולט בשתי ידיו

Similarly in respect to the Tabernacle, [such a labour was performed] because it is fit for one stalk of [vegetable] dyes. HE WHO WEEDS AND HE WHO TRIMS [TREES] AND HE WHO CUTS OFF YOUNG SHOOTS. Our Rabbis taught: He who plucks endives and he who cuts greens [shoots],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When very young these are fit for human consumption; a little later they are only fit for animals, and still later, when more hardened, they are used as fuel. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>

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