Title: Anki Torah / Mishnayos
Tags: Shevi'it Shevi'it2 Shevi'it8 Shevi'it4 Shevi'it9 Shevi'it10 Shevi'it3 Shevi'it5 Shevi'it7 Shevi'it1 Shevi'it6
On every note of this deck, unless a note says otherwise:
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: According to Bet Shamai, until when in the sixth year of the shemitah cycle, may one plow in an orchard?
Back: As long as the plowing benefits the fruit of the sixth year
Title: Shevi'it 1:1

Front: According to Bet Hillel, until when in the sixth year of the shemitah cycle, may one plow in an orchard?
Back: Until the festival of Shavuot
Title: Shevi'it 1:1

Front: To permit an entire fig orchard to be plowed until Shavuot of the sixth year of the shemitah cycle, the orchard must fill certain criteriWhat are these criteria?
Back: It must have at least 3 trees to an area of a bet se’ah and the trees in the orchard can yield a cake of pressed figs weighing 60 talian maneh
Title: Shevi'it 1:2

Front: An apple orchard has 3 trees in a bet se’ah. 3 similar sized fig trees would yield a cake of pressed figs weighing 30 talian maneh. What part of the orchard may be plowed until Shavuot of the sixth year of the shemitah cycle?
Back: Only that which each tree requires
Title: Shevi'it 1:3

Front: Ten trees in an orchard of a bet seah cannot yield a cake of pressed figs. How much of the orchard can be plowed until Shavuot of the sixth year?
Back: The entire bet seah
Title: Shevi'it 1:4

Front: ‘in plowing and in harvest you shall rest’ – Shemot 20:10 What law does Rebbi Yishmael derive from that verse?
Back: The harvesting that is prohibited on Shabbat is only optional harvesting and therefore obligatory harvesting (the omer) is permitted on Shabbat
Title: Shevi'it 1:4

Front: Three trees in an orchard (of a bet seah) yield a cake of pressed figs weighing 60 maneh. If the three trees belong to different owners, can the entire bet seah be harvested until Shavuot of the sixth year?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 1:5

Front: ‘For oxen to pass through with their implements’ – how many amot is this?
Back: Four
Title: Shevi'it 1:5

Front: Ten saplings are scattered in a bet seah. Until when in the sixth year may the bet seah be plowed?
Back: Until Rosh Hashanah
Title: Shevi'it 1:6

Front: Ten gourds are scattered in a bet seah. According to Raban Shimon ben Gamliel, until when in the sixth year may the bet seah be plowed?
Back: Until Rosh Hashanah
Title: Shevi'it 1:7

Front: According to Rebbi Akiva, when does a ‘sapling’ lose it status as a sapling?
Back: When it is no longer called a ‘sapling’
Title: Shevi'it 1:8

Front: A tree that was cut down to below one tefach produces fresh shoots. According to Rebbi Shimon, is it considered a ‘sapling’?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 1:8

Front: What is grown in a ‘white field’?
Back: Grain or pulse
Title: Shevi'it 2:1

Front: According to the Tana Kama, until when in the sixth year may a white field be plowed?
Back: Until the moisture of the soil has dried up
Title: Shevi'it 2:1

Front: According to Rebbi Shimon, until when in the sixth year may a white field be plowed?
Back: Until Pesach
Title: Shevi'it 2:1

Front: True or false? One may hoe a cucumber field for the whole of the sixth year.
Back: TRUE
Title: Shevi'it 2:2

Front: Is it a Torah prohibition to fumigate trees during the shemitah year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 2:2

Front: According to the Tana Kama, may one remove a leaf from a grape cluster in the shemitah year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 2:2

Front: According to Rebbi Shimon, may one remove a leaf from a grape cluster in the shemitah year?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 2:2

Front: According to the Tana Kama, until when in the sixth year may one prune a tree?
Back: Rosh Hashanah
Title: Shevi'it 2:3

Front: According to Rebbi Yehoshua, until when in the sixth year may one remove the redundants from a tree?
Back: Shavuot
Title: Shevi'it 2:3

Front: According to the Tana Kama, until when in the shemitah cycle may one water the treetop of a sapling tree?
Back: Until Rosh Hashanah of the sixth year
Title: Shevi'it 2:4

Front: According to Rebbi Elazar bar Tzadok, until when in the shemitah cycle may one water the treetop of a sapling tree?
Back: No restrictions
Title: Shevi'it 2:4

Front: Unripe figs that did not ripen in the sixth year may not be oiled or pierced in the sixth year. Why?
Back: Since they will not ripen before the shemitah year, the oiling and piercing would be considered work for the shemitah year
Title: Shevi'it 2:5

Front: A fruit tree bears unripe fruit during the shemitah year and the fruit ripen in the eighth According to Rebbi Shimon, may one tend to the fruit in the eighth year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 2:5

Front: A fruit tree bears unripe fruit during the shemitah year and the fruit ripen in the eighth According to Rebbi Shimon, may one tend to the tree in the eighth year?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 2:5

Front: According to the Tana Kama, after how many days after grafting, can one be certain that the product will not take root if it has not yet done so?
Back: 30 days
Title: Shevi'it 2:6

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah, after how many days after grafting, can one be certain that the product will not take root if it has not yet done so?
Back: 3 days
Title: Shevi'it 2:6

Front: According to Rebbi Yosi and Rebbi Shimon, after how many days after grafting, can one be certain that the product will not take root if it has not yet done so?
Back: 14 days
Title: Shevi'it 2:6

Front: Rice seeds are planted in the sixth year and take root in the shemitah year. Must tithes be taken on the rice?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 2:7

Front: Poppy seeds are planted in the third year and take root before Rosh Hashanah of the fourth year. Is the produce subject to maaser sheini or maaser ani?
Back: Maaser ani
Title: Shevi'it 2:7

Front: According to Rebbi Shimon, how do we determine to which year of the shemitah cycle large-sized beans belong?
Back: When the beans take root
Title: Shevi'it 2:8

Front: According to Rebbi Elazar, how do we determine to which year of the shemitah cycle large-sized beans belong?
Back: When they begin to form pods
Title: Shevi'it 2:8

Front: In what situation are seedless onions and Egyptian beans (not in a rain-watered field) tithed according to the previous year?
Back: If they were not irrigated during the 30 days before Rosh Hashanah
Title: Shevi'it 2:9

Front: According to the Sages, in what situation are seedless onions and Egyptian beans in a rain-watered field, tithed according to the previous year?
Back: If three spells of water have been withheld before Rosh Hashanah
Title: Shevi'it 2:9

Front: A person buries gourds in the soil to obtain seed. The gourds dry before Rosh Hashanah of the shemitah year. May they be kept as seed for the shemitah year and why?
Back: Yes, as they are products of the sixth year
Title: Shevi'it 2:10

Front: According to which Tana, may one water a ‘white field’ during the shemitah year?
Back: Rebbi Shimon
Title: Shevi'it 2:10

Front: Why is it forbidden to remove manure to the dung-heaps during the shemitah year?
Back: To prevent suspicion that one is preparing to manure his field during the shemitah year
Title: Shevi'it 3:1

Front: According to Rebbi Yosi from when in the shemitah year is it permissible to remove manure to the dung-heaps?
Back: When the manure is so dry that it has formed knots
Title: Shevi'it 3:1

Front: According to the Tana Kama, what is the maximum number of dung-heaps in a bet seah that may be piled during the time in shemitah year when it is permitted to pile dung-heaps?
Back: Three
Title: Shevi'it 3:2

Front: Under what two circumstances do the Sages permit more than three dung heaps per bet seah during the time in the shemitah year when it is permitted to pile dung-heaps?
Back: If one lowers the dung-heap into a pit at least 3 tefachim deep or if he raises the dung-heap onto an elevation at least 3 tefachim high
Title: Shevi'it 3:3

Front: According to which Tana, may one not take out manure little by little and what is his reasoning?
Back: Rebbi Elazar ben Azarya – because it appears like he is manuring his field
Title: Shevi'it 3:3

Front: According to the Tana Kama, what is the maximum area that one can make a cattle-fold during the shemitah year?
Back: Four bet seah
Title: Shevi'it 3:4

Front: According to Raban Shimon ben Gamliel, what is the maximum area that one can make a cattle-fold during the shemitah year?
Back: Eight bet seah
Title: Shevi'it 3:4

Front: One may not quarry stones in one’s field for the first time during the shemitah year. Why?
Back: It may appear that he is clearing his field in the shemitah year
Title: Shevi'it 3:5

Front: What is the minimum height of a wall that allows it to be completely cut down during the shemitah year?
Back: Ten tefachim
Title: Shevi'it 3:6

Front: A person starts to cut down his wall during the sixth year of the shemitah cycle. According to the Rambam’s understanding of our Mishnah, may he continue to cut it down during the shemitah year?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 3:6

Front: A person goes to his field during the shemitah year to take some stones to use. Why may he not take the stones that are touching the ground?
Back: To show that he is not taking the upper stones to prepare the field but because he needs the stones
Title: Shevi'it 3:7

Front: At what point during the shemitah year may one build ‘steps by the ravines’?
Back: After the rains have ceased
Title: Shevi'it 3:8

Front: When building the steps, may he make an embankment of loose stones?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 3:8

Front: According to Rebbi Meir, what is the definition of a ‘shoulder stone’ that may be taken from one’s field during the shemitah year?
Back: A stone that is too heavy to take away with one hand
Title: Shevi'it 3:9

Front: According to Rebbi Yosi, what is the definition of a ‘shoulder stone’ that may be taken from one’s field during the shemitah year?
Back: Stones that are carried two or three on one shoulder
Title: Shevi'it 3:9

Front: During the shemitah year, a person digs on the border of one’s field adjacent to the public domain in order to lay the foundation of a wall. According to Rebbi Yehoshua, where must he put the earth that he digs up?
Back: In the public domain
Title: Shevi'it 3:10

Front: During the shemitah year, a person digs on the border of one’s field adjacent to the public domain in order to lay the foundation of a wall. According to Rebbi Akiva, where must he put the earth that he digs up?
Back: In his own field
Title: Shevi'it 3:10

Front: At first, what types of wood, stones and herbs was a person permitted to gather from his own field during the shemitah year?
Back: Large ones
Title: Shevi'it 4:1

Front: ‘they decreed that one should gather from the other’ – why was the decree changed introduced?
Back: Because people were gathering even the small wood, stones and herbs
Title: Shevi'it 4:1

Front: May one clear one’s field of thistles in the shemitah year in order to prepare it for the eighth year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 4:2

Front: If one plowed one’s field in the shemitah year in order to sow in the eighth year, may one sow the field in the eighth year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 4:2

Front: Reuvein goes into Shimon’s field during the shemitah year and eats the fruit. According to Rebbi Yehudah, does Bet Shamai hold that Reuvein has transgressed?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 4:2

Front: Reuvein goes into Shimon’s field during the shemitah year and eats the fruit. According to Rebbi Yehudah, does Bet Shamai permit Reuvein to express his indebtedness to Shimon for eating the fruit?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 4:2

Front: Why may one rent a field from a gentile who plowed his land in the shemitah year in order to sow it in the eighth year?
Back: Gentiles are not subject to the shemitah laws
Title: Shevi'it 4:3

Front: May one greet a gentile at any time?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 4:3

Front: According to Bet Hillel, may one uproot several trees next to one another during the shemitah year if he does so in his own field?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 4:4

Front: According to Bet Hillel, may one uproot several trees next to one another during the shemitah year if he does so in his neighbour’s field?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 4:4

Front: During the shemitah year, a person splits wood off an olive tree for heating. May he cover the tree-stump with earth and why?
Back: No as the earth improves the tree
Title: Shevi'it 4:5

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah, it is forbidden to cut a virgin sycamore tree during the shemitah year in the usual manner. What is the ‘usual manner’?
Back: Lower than 10 tefachim from the ground
Title: Shevi'it 4:5

Front: According to Rebbi Yosi, on what condition may one clip the ends of vines or cut reads in a meadow during the shemitah year?
Back: He must keep distant at least 1 tefach from the ground
Title: Shevi'it 4:6

Front: May a tree that split, be tied up during the shemitah year in order to heal?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 4:6

Front: From when in the shemitah year may one pluck figs for casual eating?
Back: When they redden
Title: Shevi'it 4:7

Front: From when in the shemitah year may one pluck figs to gather them into the house?
Back: When they have begun to ripen
Title: Shevi'it 4:7

Front: From when in the shemitah year may one pluck unripe grapes for casual eating?
Back: When they are ripe enough to produce liquid when squeezed
Title: Shevi'it 4:8

Front: From when do grapes become liable top tithes?
Back: When they have ripened
Title: Shevi'it 4:8

Front: From when in the shemitah year may one crush and eat olives casually in the field?
Back: When they yield one revi’it of oil per seah of olives
Title: Shevi'it 4:9

Front: From when in the shemitah year may one press olives to use as ointment in the field?
Back: When they yield half a log of oil per seah of olives
Title: Shevi'it 4:9

Front: From when in the shemitah year is it forbidden to cut down an olive tree?
Back: From when they blossom
Title: Shevi'it 4:10

Front: From when in the shemitah year is it forbidden to cut down an orange tree?
Back: From when they bring forth fruit
Title: Shevi'it 4:10

Front: According to the Tana Kama, how much must an olive tree produce so that it may not be cut down?
Back: A quarter of a kav of olives
Title: Shevi'it 4:10

Front: According to the Sages, to which fruit does the law of shemitah apply, if it ripens after the shemitah year?
Back: White figs
Title: Shevi'it 5:1

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah, how often to Persian figs ripen?
Back: Once in two years
Title: Shevi'it 5:1

Front: According to the Sages, how may one bury less than 4 kav of lof during the shemitah year?
Back: It must be buried one tefach high, with one tefach of earth over it, in one place on ground trodden by people
Title: Shevi'it 5:2

Front: Lof that remained attached to the ground in the Seventh Year and the poor did not gather the leaves after ‘removal’ time. According to Rebbi Eliezer, must the landowner make an accounting with the poor to give them their dues?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 5:3

Front: Lof that remained attached to the ground in the Seventh Year and the poor did not gather the leaves after ‘removal’ time. According to Rebbi Yehoshua, must the landowner make an accounting with the poor to give them their dues?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 5:3

Front: Summer onions ripened in the sixth year and remained in the ground in the shemitah year. According to Bet Shamai, may they be uprooted in the shemitah year in the normal manner and why?
Back: No as it appears that he is tilling the land in the shemitah year
Title: Shevi'it 5:4

Front: According to Rebbi Yehudah, may one purchase lof on the first day of the eighth year from someone who is suspected of flouting the shemitah laws?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 5:5

Front: According to the Sages, may one purchase lof on the first day of the eighth year from someone who is suspected of flouting the shemitah laws?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 5:5

Front: What type of tool may a craftsman not sell in the shemitah year to a person suspected of tilling the land in the Seventh Year?
Back: Any tool that serves only for an activity that is prohibited in the shemitah year
Title: Shevi'it 5:6

Front: What is the maximum number of wine jars that may be filled from hefker during the shemitah year?
Back: Fifteen
Title: Shevi'it 5:7

Front: To whom may one sell more than 5 oil jars during the shemitah year?
Back: To a gentile in Israel or to a Jew or gentile outside Israel
Title: Shevi'it 5:7

Front: According to Bet Hillel, one may sell a plowing cow in the shemitah year to a suspected shemitah year transgressor. What does Bet Hillel assume the purchaser will do with the cow?
Back: Slaughter it
Title: Shevi'it 5:8

Front: According to Bet Hillel, one may sell a plowing cow in the shemitah year to a suspected shemitah year transgressor. In what situation would Bet Hillel rule that one may not do so?
Back: If the purchaser expressly states that he needs the cow for plowing
Title: Shevi'it 5:8

Front: May a woman lend her flour sifter to a woman suspected shemitah year transgressor, during the shemitah year?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 5:9

Front: Why did the Sages allow the wife of a chaver to a lend a sifter to the wife of an am ha’aretz despite the concern of aiding in a transgression of unseparated tithes?
Back: For the sake of peace
Title: Shevi'it 5:9

Front: In which part of Israel do all the laws of shemitah apply?
Back: All of Southern Israel, until, but not including Keziv
Title: Shevi'it 6:1

Front: Which shemitah laws do not apply in the area from Keziv to Amanah?
Back: The eating of the food after ‘removal’ time
Title: Shevi'it 6:1

Front: Which of the following activities may be done in the usual manner during the shemitah year in Syria: threshing; picking olives; binding sheaves?
Back: Threshing and binding sheaves
Title: Shevi'it 6:2

Front: Onions grew in the sixth year and remained in the ground in the shemitah year. Rain fell and the onions sprouted in the shemitah year. According to the Tana Kama, are the onions permitted if they are black?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 6:3

Front: Onions grew in the sixth year and remained in the ground in the shemitah year. Rain fell and the onions sprouted in the shemitah year. According to Rebbi Chanina ben Antigonus, how do we determine if the onions are forbidden?
Back: If they can be pulled out by their leaves
Title: Shevi'it 6:3

Front: According to the Tana Kama, from when in the eighth year may one purchase vegetables?
Back: From when similar crops in the eighth year have ripened
Title: Shevi'it 6:4

Front: According to Rebbi, from when in the eighth year may one purchase vegetables?
Back: Immediately at the onset of the eighth year
Title: Shevi'it 6:4

Front: ‘oil that must be burnt’ – what is this referring to?
Back: Terumah that was rendered unclean
Title: Shevi'it 6:5

Front: ‘oil that must be burnt’ – according to the Tana Kama, where must it be burnt?
Back: In Israel
Title: Shevi'it 6:5

Front: According to the Jerusalem Talmud, why is it forbidden to bring terumah from outside Israel into Israel?
Back: To prevent the Kohanim from leaving Israel in order to bring terumah from abroad
Title: Shevi'it 6:6

Front: What species of human food does the Mishnah list to illustrate that the sanctity of the shemitah applies to human food even if not commonly eaten?
Back: Leaves of wild lof, leaves of mint, chicory, potulac and milkweed
Title: Shevi'it 7:1

Front: Must thorns and thistles on which camels feed, be cleared out at removal time during the shemitah year?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 7:1

Front: What species of dyeing matter does the Mishnah list to illustrate that the sanctity of the shemitah applies to them but that ‘removal’ does not?
Back: Madder and sowbread
Title: Shevi'it 7:2

Front: According to Rebbi Meir, does ‘removal’ apply to the roots of hazelwort?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 7:2

Front: According to Rebbi Meir, does ‘removal’ apply to the proceeds of the roots of hazelwort?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 7:2

Front: Under what circumstances may one use shemitah year produce to dye for others?
Back: If one does so for free
Title: Shevi'it 7:3

Front: May one trade in terefah?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 7:3

Front: Under what circumstances may a first-born animal be bought from a Kohein by a non-Kohein?
Back: If the animal is blemished
Title: Shevi'it 7:4

Front: A non-hunter chances upon an unclean animal. According to Rebbi Yehudah, is he permitted to sell the animal?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 7:4

Front: A non-hunter chances upon an unclean animal. According to the Sages, is he permitted to sell the animal?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 7:4

Front: Do all the laws of the shemitah year apply to lulavim of the carob tree?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 7:5

Front: Why does bi’ur apply to the leaves of the white thorn?
Back: Since the leaves fall from the stem, they are unavailable to the beasts of the field
Title: Shevi'it 7:5

Front: Do the shemitah laws apply to fragrant plants?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 7:6

Front: Based on which verse in the Torah does Rebbi Shimon learn that the shemitah laws do not apply to ketaf?
Back: ‘and the Sabbath of the land shall be food for you’ – Vayikra 25:6
Title: Shevi'it 7:6

Front: A rose grown in the shemitah year has been preserved in oil of the sixth year. If the rose is taken out of the oil before bi'ur time, is the oil subject to bi'ur and why?
Back: No because a new rose does not impart flavour to old oil in a short period of time
Title: Shevi'it 7:7

Front: Based on what phrase in the Torah do we derive that shemitah produce that is human food may not be used for medicinal purposes?
Back: ‘food for you’ – Vayikra 25:6
Title: Shevi'it 8:1

Front: What is ‘the stringency that applies to cattle food’ of the shemitah year?
Back: It may not be cooked
Title: Shevi'it 8:1

Front: May one use shemitah wine for drinking?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 8:2

Front: May one use shemitah wine for anointing oneself?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:2

Front: May shemitah oil, be used for kindling lights?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 8:2

Front: May terumah oil, be used for kindling lights?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:2

Front: May one sell shemitah produce by number if it is not a commercial sale?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:3

Front: According to whom, may one sell vegetables in bundles in the market?
Back: Bet Hillel
Title: Shevi'it 8:3

Front: Under what circumstances, may one sell vegetables in bundles in the market?
Back: If that type of vegetable is usually tied up in bundles when taken home
Title: Shevi'it 8:3

Front: A person says to his laborer “Here is a dinar for you and gather for me today vegetable”. May the laborer use the dinar only to purchase food and drink?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:4

Front: A person takes a loaf from a baker on credit without making any comment. May he settle the debt with shemitah produce and why?
Back: No as it appears like a business transaction
Title: Shevi'it 8:4

Front: For each of the following, state whether one may use shemitah produce: to pay a barber.
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:5

Front: For each of the following, state whether one may use shemitah produce: to pay a well-digger for supplying water for drinking.
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 8:5

Front: For each of the following, state whether one may use shemitah produce: to five to a bath attendant as a gift.
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 8:5

Front: May one tread shemitah grapes in a wine-press?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:6

Front: May one tread shemitah grapes in a kneading trough?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 8:6

Front: If one cooks shemitah vegetables in terumah oil there is a danger that the oil will be rendered unfit for consumption. Why then does Rebbi Shimon permit one to cook shemitah vegetables in terumah oil?
Back: According to Rebbi Shimon, one may cause sanctified food to become unfit
Title: Shevi'it 8:7

Front: A person bought a slave for 100 dinar with shemitah proceeds. What must he do?
Back: He must purchase foodstuffs worth 100 dinar and eat them under the laws of shemitah sanctity
Title: Shevi'it 8:8

Front: Why may one not anoint vessels with shemitah oil?
Back: Shemitah oil may only be used to anoint one’s body
Title: Shevi'it 8:8

Front: A hide is smeared with shemitah oil. According to Rebbi Akiva, does Rebbi Eliezer hold that the hide must be burnt?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:9

Front: A hide is smeared with shemitah oil. According to the Sages, must the hide be burnt?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:9

Front: Did the Sages always trust the religious observance of the Cutheans?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:10

Front: According to a statement of the Sages, Rebbi Eliezer held that one who eats the bread of the Cutheans, is like one who eats pork. Does Rebbi Akiva disagree with this statement?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 8:10

Front: Is one permitted to heat a bath with shemitah straw?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 8:11

Front: Our Mishnah lists certain types of produce that one may purchase even from an ignoramus in the shemitah year. Why may these items be purchased from someone who is ignorant of the shemitah laws?
Back: Because such items are usually left unguarded and can be presumed to be from hefker
Title: Shevi'it 9:1

Front: According to the Sages, which type/s of sefichim may be purchased from an ignoramus during the shemitah year?
Back: None
Title: Shevi'it 9:1

Front: Into how many ‘countries’ is Israel divided regarding bi'ur?
Back: Three
Title: Shevi'it 9:2

Front: List the countries that Israel is divided regarding bi'ur?
Back: Judea, Transjordan and Galilee
Title: Shevi'it 9:2

Front: A person living in the Mountain in Judea has shemitah figs in his house. Figs are no longer available to beasts in the Mountain in Judea but are still available to beasts in Lower Galilee. Are the figs in his house subject to bi'ur?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:2

Front: A person living in Galilee has shemitah figs in his house. Figs are no longer available to beasts in Galilee but still available to beasts in Transjordan. According to the Tana Kama, are the figs in his house subject to bi'ur?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:3

Front: A person living in Galilee has shemitah figs in his house. Figs are no longer available to beasts in Galilee but still available to beasts in Transjordan. According to Rebbi Shimon, are the figs in his house subject to bi'ur?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 9:3

Front: A person has shemitah produce in his house. Similar produce is no longer available from hefker in the fields, although it is available from guarded places. According to the Tana Kama, must he destroy his produce?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:4

Front: What is ‘dufra’?
Back: A tree that bears fruit twice a year
Title: Shevi'it 9:4

Front: According to the Tana Kama, one may not eat shemitah grapes in the house even if autumn grapes have not ended. According to Mishnah Rishonah, why?
Back: Because they are of such an inferior quality, they are not suitable fro human consumption
Title: Shevi'it 9:4

Front: A person is preserving shemitah carrots, shemitah cabbages and shemitah cucumbers in one jar of saltwater. Carrots cease to exist in the filed so he removes the carrots from the jar. According to Rebbi Eliezer, may he eat the cabbages and cucumbers from the jar?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 9:5

Front: A person is preserving shemitah carrots, shemitah cabbages and shemitah cucumbers in one jar of saltwater. Carrots cease to exist in the filed so he removes the carrots from the jar. According to Rebbi Yehoshua, may he eat the cabbages and cucumbers from the jar?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 9:5

Front: A person is preserving shemitah carrots, shemitah cabbages and shemitah cucumbers in one jar of saltwater. Carrots cease to exist in the filed so he removes the carrots from the jar. According to Rabban Gamliel, may he eat the cabbages and cucumbers from the jar?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:5

Front: A person has shemitah carrots and shemitah lettuce in his house. Carrots cease to exist in the field but lettuce continues to exist. According to Rebbi Shimon, may he continue to eat carrots?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:5

Front: A person has fresh vine leaves in his house. According to the Tana Kama, when do they become subject to bi'ur?
Back: When the vine leaves in the field wither and drop off
Title: Shevi'it 9:6

Front: A person has fresh vine leaves in his house. According to Rebbi Akiva, when do they become subject to bi'ur?
Back: After the second rainfall in the eighth year
Title: Shevi'it 9:6

Front: Reuvein vows not to benefit from Shimon ‘until the rains’. Until which rains may Reuvein not get benefit from Shimon?
Back: The Second Rainfall
Title: Shevi'it 9:7

Front: Why may one not use shemitah straw and shemitah stubble?
Back: Because they are animal food
Title: Shevi'it 9:7

Front: After the bi'ur time has arrived, the owner removes the shemitah produce from his home. Based on which verse in the Torah does Rebbi Yehudah learn that only the poor may eat from that produce?
Back: ‘that the poor of your people may eat’ – Shemot 23:11
Title: Shevi'it 9:8

Front: A person receives shemitah produce as an inheritance. According to Rebbi Eliezer, may he partake of the produce?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:9

Front: A person receives shemitah produce as an inheritance. According to the Sages, may he partake of the produce?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:9

Front: Is shemitah dough liable to challa?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 9:9

Front: Does the shemitah year cancel a loan that is secured by a bond?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 10:1

Front: Credit given by a shop-owner is generally not cancelled by the shemitah year. According to the Tana Kama, in what situation would it be cancelled?
Back: If the shop-owner specifies the outstanding amount as a debt.
Title: Shevi'it 10:1

Front: Are wages of a hired worker generally cancelled by the shemitah year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:1

Front: ‘if the month was intercalated’ – what date would the first day of Rosh Hashanah be in such a case?
Back: 30th of Elul
Title: Shevi'it 10:2

Front: The Court judges a case and instructs Reuvein to pay Shimon 100 maneh. Before Reuvein settles the payment, the shemitah year arrives. Is Reuvein exempt from settling the payment?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:2

Front: Who instituted prozbul?
Back: Hillel the Elder
Title: Shevi'it 10:3

Front: State the location of the verse in the Torah, the violation of which, prompted the institution of prozbul?
Back: Devarim 5:9
Title: Shevi'it 10:3

Front: Who must sign on a prozbul and where must they sign?
Back: The judges or the witnesses must sign under the text of the prozbul
Title: Shevi'it 10:4

Front: Does the signing of a prozbul prevent the creditor from collecting all debts that would have been cancelled by the shemitah year?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:4

Front: A prozbul is drawn up on the 15th of Sivan but is dated 15th of Iyar. Is the incorrect date detrimental to the lender or to the borrowers?
Back: The lender
Title: Shevi'it 10:5

Front: A prozbul is drawn up on the 15th of Sivan but is dated 15th of Iyar. Why Is the incorrect date detrimental to the lender or to the borrowers?
Back: All loans given between 15 Iyar and 15 Sivan will be cancelled by the shemitah year
Title: Shevi'it 10:5

Front: A prozbul is drawn up on the 15th of Iyar but is dated 15th of Sivan. Is it a valid prozbul?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:5

Front: For each of the following cases, state whether a prozbul is effective: Neither the debtor nor the creditor owns any land.
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:6

Front: For each of the following cases, state whether a prozbul is effective: The only land the debtor has is held in pledge for another debt in the city.
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 10:6

Front: For each of the following cases, state whether a prozbul is effective: The borrower has no land but enjoys usufruct of his wife’s land (according to Rebbi Chutzpit).
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 10:6

Front: A borrower does not own land but owns a beehive. According to Rebbi Eliezer, may a prozbul be written?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 10:7

Front: A borrower does not own land but owns a beehive. According to the Sages, may a prozbul be written?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:7

Front: If a debtor insists on repaying his creditor despite the debt having been cancelled by the shemitah year, may the creditor immediately accept payment?
Back: No
Title: Shevi'it 10:8

Front: An unwitting murderer flees to the city of refuge. The people of the city want to bestow honour upon him. Before accepting the honour, he tells them that he is a murderer. From which word in the Torah do we learn that the next time they want to bestow honour on him, he need not tell them that he is a murderer?
Back: ‘word’ – Devarim 19:4
Title: Shevi'it 10:8

Front: According to Melechet Shlomo, why are the Sages pleased with someone who repays a debt that has been cancelled by the shemitah year?
Back: Such a person demonstrates that he refuses to exploit the property of others.
Title: Shevi'it 10:9

Front: Are the Sages pleased with one who keeps his word in business dealings despite not having performed an act of acquisition nor given money?
Back: Yes
Title: Shevi'it 10:9