Responsa for Bava Kamma 137:7
אמר רבן שמעון בן גמליאל בד"א בשביעית דהפקר נינהו
could not be enjoyed for any use whatever. 'A field of graves used to be marked with lime', the sign having the colour of white, like corpses. 'The lime was dissolved in water and then poured out' so as to make its colour more white. 'R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: These practices were recommended only for the Sabbatical year,' when the fruits on the trees were ownerless;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Lev. XXV, 6-7. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> 'for in the case of the other years of the Septennate,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the fruits were not ownerless. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A is the owner of a vineyard. Is he permitted to plant in it branches of a vine that has not yet borne fruit?
A. Whether the branches are taken from a vine that has already borne fruit, or from one that has not yet borne fruit makes no difference. For the life of the new vine begins with the time the branch is planted in the ground. Even if the branch bore fruit before it was replanted, nevertheless, its fruit after replanting will be Orlah for three years. The fruit of the fourth year may be eaten after redeeming it for a penny, grinding the penny and throwing it into the river. However, the fruit from a branch of an old vine, planted in the ground without severing it from the old vine, may be eaten even during the first year.
SOURCES: L. 196; Tashbetz 365.
A. Whether the branches are taken from a vine that has already borne fruit, or from one that has not yet borne fruit makes no difference. For the life of the new vine begins with the time the branch is planted in the ground. Even if the branch bore fruit before it was replanted, nevertheless, its fruit after replanting will be Orlah for three years. The fruit of the fourth year may be eaten after redeeming it for a penny, grinding the penny and throwing it into the river. However, the fruit from a branch of an old vine, planted in the ground without severing it from the old vine, may be eaten even during the first year.
SOURCES: L. 196; Tashbetz 365.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A is the owner of a vineyard. Is he permitted to plant in it branches of a vine that has not yet borne fruit?
A. Whether the branches are taken from a vine that has already borne fruit, or from one that has not yet borne fruit makes no difference. For the life of the new vine begins with the time the branch is planted in the ground. Even if the branch bore fruit before it was replanted, nevertheless, its fruit after replanting will be Orlah for three years. The fruit of the fourth year may be eaten after redeeming it for a penny, grinding the penny and throwing it into the river. However, the fruit from a branch of an old vine, planted in the ground without severing it from the old vine, may be eaten even during the first year.
SOURCES: L. 196; Tashbetz 365.
A. Whether the branches are taken from a vine that has already borne fruit, or from one that has not yet borne fruit makes no difference. For the life of the new vine begins with the time the branch is planted in the ground. Even if the branch bore fruit before it was replanted, nevertheless, its fruit after replanting will be Orlah for three years. The fruit of the fourth year may be eaten after redeeming it for a penny, grinding the penny and throwing it into the river. However, the fruit from a branch of an old vine, planted in the ground without severing it from the old vine, may be eaten even during the first year.
SOURCES: L. 196; Tashbetz 365.
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