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אמר רב עוקבא בר חמא תרי קשקושי הוו חד אברויי אילני וחד סתומי פילי אברויי אילן אסור סתומי פילי שרי

so is every [other] work that is common to field and orchard [forbidden]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Excluding the last mentioned processes which are not common to both field and vineyard. At all events this teaching shows that a number of processes though of the secondary type are forbidden in the sabbatical year) .');">¹⁴</span> - [That is only] Rabbinically; and the text is adduced merely as a support.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., mnemotechnical and Biblically only sowing, pruning, reaping and gleaning are forbidden explicitly. The inclusion of ploughing, digging, hoeing or watering in the prohibition is purely Rabbinic. Thus the ruling of the Mishnah that an irrigated field may be watered . . in the sabbatical year has now been explained: by Abaye on the basis of Rabbi's view, namely, that the restrictions of the sabbatical year are not operative nowadays; and, on the other hand by Raba, on the view of the other Rabbis (who do not concede Rabbi's interpretation of Deut. XV, 2) , by pointing out that 'watering' is, strictly speaking, not textually forbidden, it being a 'derivative' (secondary) process, and hence allowed by the Rabbis in the sabbatical year where damage (loss of crop) is likely.');">¹⁵</span> But, is it permitted to stir the soil [under the olive tree] in the sabbatical year?

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