Derasha 1 on Behar 25:05

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:05

The Complete Passuk

אֵ֣ת סְפִ֤יחַ קְצִֽירְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְצ֔וֹר וְאֶת־עִנְּבֵ֥י נְזִירֶ֖ךָ לֹ֣א תִבְצֹ֑ר שְׁנַ֥ת שַׁבָּת֖וֹן יִהְיֶ֥ה לָאָֽרֶץ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Sheviis 8:6.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Sheviis 8:6
לֹא תִקְצֹר … לֹא תִבְצֹר. מַהוּ לֹא תִקְצֹר וְלֹא תִבְצֹר — לֹא תִקְצֹר כְּדֶרֶךְ הַקּוֹצְרִים וְלֹא תִבְצֹר כְּדֶרֶךְ הַבּוֹצְרִים, אֶלָּא אַתָּה קוֹצֵר וּבוֹצֵר בְּשִׁנּוּי.

English: “You shall not reap … you shall not gather.” What is the meaning of “you shall not reap and you shall not gather”? You shall not reap in the manner of the reapers and you shall not gather in the manner of the gatherers; rather, you may reap and gather with a change (shinui).

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Yerushalmi) — restriction of the ordinary manner of harvest.

What Is Learned

The prohibition is against harvesting Shemittah produce in the ordinary manner; one may harvest with a change (shinui) in the usual method.