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8:4:1

משנה: עַד הַקַּיִץ עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא הַקַּיִץ עַד שֶׁיַּתְחִילוּ הָעָם לְהַכְנִיס בַּכַּלְכָּלוֹת. עַד שֶׁיַּעֲבוֹר הַקַּיִץ עַד שֶׁיַּכְפִּילוּ הַמַּקְצוּעוֹת. עַד הַקָּצִיר עַד שֶׁיַּתְחִילוּ הָעָם לִקְצוֹר קְצִיר חִטִּים אֲבָל לֹא קְצִיר שֶׁל שְׂעוֹרִים הַכֹּל לְפִי מְקוֹם נִדְרוֹ. אִם הָיָה בָהָר בָּהָר וְאִם הָיָה בַבִּקְעָה בַּבִּקְעָה.

MISHNAH: ‘Until the fig harvest50This is the conclusion of the Halakhah. Biblically, קַיִץ, from קצה “to cut”, is the harvest of any fruit ripening in the summer which is cut from the tree by a knife (and also means “summer”)., until there be fig harvest’, until people start to bring in baskets. ‘Until the fig harvest is over’, until people fold their knives. ‘Until the grain harvest’, until people start to cut wheat but not barley51Which is harvested in early spring.; everything follows the place of the vow, if made on the hills, on the hills, if made in the plain, in the plain.

MISHNAH: ‘Until the fig harvest50This is the conclusion of the Halakhah. Biblically, קַיִץ, from קצה “to cut”, is the harvest of any fruit ripening in the summer which is cut from the tree by a knife (and also means “summer”)., until there be fig harvest’, until people start to bring in baskets. ‘Until the fig harvest is over’, until people fold their knives. ‘Until the grain harvest’, until people start to cut wheat but not barley51Which is harvested in early spring.; everything follows the place of the vow, if made on the hills, on the hills, if made in the plain, in the plain.

8:4:2

הלכה: עַד הַקַּיִץ עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא הַקַּיִץ כול׳. כַּלְכָּלוֹת. מַה. כַּלכָּלוֹת שֶׁלַּתְּאֵינִים. כַּלכָּלוֹת שֶׁלָּעֲנָבִים. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הָדָא. עַד שֶׁיְּקַפְּלוּ הַמַּקְצוּעוֹת. אִית לָךְ מֵימַר. מַקְצוֹעוֹת תְּאֵנִים וְלֹא מַקְצוֹעוֹת עֲנָבִים. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הָדָא. חַד טְעִין צִימּוּקִין עָאַל לְטִיבֵּרִיָּא. שָׁאַל גַּמְלִיאֵל זוּגָא לְרִבִּי בָּא בַּר זַבְדָּא. אָמַר לֵיהּ. אֵין כָּל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹשָׂה מַשּׂאוּי אֶחָד צִימּוּקִין. אֶלָּא כֵן אָמַר לֵיהּ. אֵין מָקוֹם בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹשֶׂה מַשּׂוּי אֶחָד צִימּוּקִין.

HALAKHAH: ‘Until the fig harvest, until there be fig harvest’, etc. “baskets”. Baskets of figs or baskets of raisins53Raisins are transported in baskets in contrast to grapes which are harvested into vats, so as not to lose the juice flowing from injured grape berries. (Cf. Babli 61a).? Let us hear from this: “Until they fold the knives”. You have to say, knives for figs, not knives for raisins54Raisins do not need knives.. Let us hear from the following: 55This text is from Demay 2:1, Notes 105–107. A load of raisins came up to Tiberias. Gamliel the twin asked Rebbi Abba bar Zavda. He said to him: All of the Land of Israel does not produce a load of raisins. 56In the text of Demay, there follows a rhetorical question: Does the entire Land of Israel not produce a load of raisins? But so he said to him: No single place in the land of Israel produces a load of raisins57Therefore, the Mishnah must speak of the fig harvest..

HALAKHAH: ‘Until the fig harvest, until there be fig harvest’, etc. “baskets”. Baskets of figs or baskets of raisins53Raisins are transported in baskets in contrast to grapes which are harvested into vats, so as not to lose the juice flowing from injured grape berries. (Cf. Babli 61a).? Let us hear from this: “Until they fold the knives”. You have to say, knives for figs, not knives for raisins54Raisins do not need knives.. Let us hear from the following: 55This text is from Demay 2:1, Notes 105–107. A load of raisins came up to Tiberias. Gamliel the twin asked Rebbi Abba bar Zavda. He said to him: All of the Land of Israel does not produce a load of raisins. 56In the text of Demay, there follows a rhetorical question: Does the entire Land of Israel not produce a load of raisins? But so he said to him: No single place in the land of Israel produces a load of raisins57Therefore, the Mishnah must speak of the fig harvest..

8:4:3

עַד הַקָּצִיר. כְּתִיב. עַד כְּלוֹת קְצִיר הַשְּׂעוֹרִים וּקְצִיר הַחִטִּים וְאַתְּ אֲמַר כֵּן. מַה דְּהוּא קִרְיָיא בַּדָּרוֹם הִיא. מַתְנִיתָא בַּגָּלִיל.

“Until the grain harvest”. It is written58Ruth 2:23. It is clear from the narrative that there was one continuous harvest activity, the wheat harvest following the barley harvest immediately. Therefore, the Mishnah seems unjustified in denying that “harvest” cannot refer to barley harvest., “until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest”. That verse speaks of the South59Bethlehem., the Mishnah of Galilee.

“Until the grain harvest”. It is written58Ruth 2:23. It is clear from the narrative that there was one continuous harvest activity, the wheat harvest following the barley harvest immediately. Therefore, the Mishnah seems unjustified in denying that “harvest” cannot refer to barley harvest., “until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest”. That verse speaks of the South59Bethlehem., the Mishnah of Galilee.

8:4:4

נָדַר מִן הַקַּיִץ בַּגָּלִיל וְיוֹרֵד לוֹ לַעֲמָקִים. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבִּיכֵּר קַיִץ בָּעֲמָקִים אָסוּר עַד שֶׁיְּבַכֵּר בַּגָּלִיל.

If he made a vow “until the fig harvest” in Galilee and descended into the valleys. Even though the fig harvest did start in the valleys, he is forbidden until it starts in Galilee60Tosephta 4:7, Babli (as tannaїtic statement) 63a..

If he made a vow “until the fig harvest” in Galilee and descended into the valleys. Even though the fig harvest did start in the valleys, he is forbidden until it starts in Galilee60Tosephta 4:7, Babli (as tannaїtic statement) 63a..

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  • Hebrew: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY
  • English: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY

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