Pesachim 52B

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One may continue eating dates based on those that have fallen off the tree and are stuck between the palm branches. But one may not continue eating on the basis of the dates that have fallen between the thorn branches, as animals are unable to reach them there. According to the first tanna in the M

Since the Talmud discussed the point when Sabbatical Year produce must be removed in different places, it cites a Mishnah from tractate Shevi’it that deals with a similar topic. We learned there in a Mishnah: Eretz Yisrael is divided into 3 separate lands with regard to removal, Judea, Transjordan,

The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived, that it is permitted to continue eating a type of fruit that has ceased from the fields in a region, as long as it has not ceased elsewhere in the land, but that once it has ceased from the fields in the entire land it is prohibited, despite the

And we learned as a tradition that an undomesticated animal in Judea does not develop on the produce of the Galilee, and an undomesticated animal in the Galilee does not develop on the fruits of Judea. In each region there are conditions uniquely suited to the species that live there (Sefat Emet).

A baraita states: Sabbatical Year fruits that left Eretz Yisrael and went to the Diaspora must be removed in any place that they are located. R' Shimon ben Elazar says: That is not so. Rather, the fruits should return to their place of origin in Eretz Yisrael and be removed there. According to his