Derasha 2 on Behar 25:03

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:03

The Complete Passuk

שֵׁ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ תִּזְרַ֣ע שָׂדֶ֔ךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְמֹ֣ר כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Maasros 5:2.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Maasros 5:2
וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת תְּבוּאָתָהּ. תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מִנַּיִן לִתְבוּאָה שֶׁהֵבִיאָה שְׁלִישׁ לִפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁל שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁאַתָּה כּוֹנְסָהּ בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת תְּבוּאָתָהּ — בַּשְּׁבִיעִית.

English: “And you shall gather its produce.” It was taught: Rabbi Yonasan son of Rabbi Yosei says: From where do we know that produce which reached one-third of its growth before Rosh Hashanah of the Shemittah year may be gathered in during the Shemittah year? The verse says “and you shall gather its produce” — in the seventh year.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Yerushalmi) — from the wording of the gathering clause.

What Is Learned

Produce that reached one-third of its growth before Rosh Hashanah of the Shemittah year may be gathered during the Shemittah year itself.