Derasha 2 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 Sifra (Torat Kohanim).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּצְאָה שְׁבִיעִית, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁפֵּרוֹתָיו שְׁמִטָּה, מֻתָּר אַתָּה לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלָאכָה בְּגוּפוֹ שֶׁל אִילָן, אֲבָל פֵּרוֹתָיו אֲסוּרִים עַד ט"ו בִּשְׁבָט.

English: “A year of complete rest.” This teaches that once the Shemittah year has ended, even though its fruit is still Shemittah produce, you are permitted to perform labor on the body of the tree itself, but its fruit remains forbidden until the fifteenth of Shevat.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Sifra).

What Is Learned

Once the Shemittah year has ended one may perform labor on the body of the tree itself, but the fruit remains forbidden until the fifteenth of Shevat.