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and he took cabbage after-growths that had grown during the Sabbatical Year, and ate from them and gave some to me. And he said to me: My son, in my presence, you may eat this. But when you are not in my presence, you may not eat cabbage that grew as an after-growth. I, who saw R' Shimon ben Yoḥai e
The Talmud asks: What is that statement of R' Shimon? As it was taught in a baraita that R' Shimon says: All after-growths that grow on their own during the Sabbatical Year are prohibited and may not be eaten, except for the after-growths of cabbage, as there is nothing similar to them among the veg
The Talmud comments: And both R' Shimon and the Rabbis, who disagree in this case, hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva. As it was taught in a baraita: The verse states, “And if you shall say: What shall we eat in the 7th year? Behold, we may not sow, nor gather our crops” (Leviticus 25:2
The Talmud asks: With regard to what principle then, do they disagree? The Talmud answers: The Rabbis, who prohibit all after-growths, hold: We issue a decree prohibiting cabbage after-growths due to other after-growths in general. And R' Shimon holds: We do not issue a decree prohibiting cabbage
We learned in the Mishnah with regard to refraining from performance of labor on Passover eve: With regard to one who travels from a place where people perform labor on Passover eve to a place where people do not, or from a place where people do not perform labor on Passover eve to a place where peo