משנה: הַמְּזַנֵּב בַּגְּפָנִים וְהַקּוֹצֵץ בַּקָּנִים רִבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגָּלִילִי אוֹמֵר יַרְחִיק טֶפַח וְרִבִּי עְקִיבָה אוֹמֵר קוֹצֵץ כְּדַרְכּוֹ בְקָֽרְדוֹם בְּמַגָּל וּבִמְגֵּירָה וּבְכָל־מַה שֶׁיִּרְצֶה. אִילָן שֶׁנִּפְשַׁח קוֹשְׁרִין אוֹתוֹ בַּשְּׁבִיעִית. לֹא שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יוֹסִיף. MISHNAH: If somebody cuts shoots of vines76Cutting of the green new shoots that look like tails. This is not counted as forbidden trimming as long as no wood is taken. or cuts reeds, Rebbi Yose the Galilean says he leaves a hand-breadth but Rebbi Aqiba says he cuts as he is used to, with an axe, a sickle, or a saw, or anything he wants. In the Sabbatical year one may bind a tree that was split, not to heal it but to stop [the split] from widening.
הלכה: הַמַּבְקִיעַ בַּזַּית כו׳. תַּנֵּי הַקּוֹצֵץ בַּקָּנִים רִבִּי יוּדָה אוֹמֵר מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לְקוֹץ יִתּוֹק. לְתוֹק יִקּוֹץ. וּמַגְבִּיהַּ טֶפַח וְקוֹצֵץ. הַקּוֹצֵץ בַּקּוֹרוֹת לֹא יְהֵא מַחֲלִיק וּמַדְרִיג מַדְרִיג וּמַחֲלִיק. אֶלָּא מִתְכַּוֵין שֶׁתְּהֵא קוֹצַצְתָּן שָׁוָה. תַּנֵּי רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לְהַחֲלִיק יַדְרִיג. לִדְרֹג יַחֲלִיק וְגוֹמֵם עִם הָאָרֶץ. וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִקּוֹץ בְּקוֹרְדוֹם. HALAKHAH: “If somebody cuts down an olive tree,” etc. It was stated72Tosephta 3:19, in the name of Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel instead of R. Jehudah. For reeds as a commercial crop, cf. Demay Chapter 6, Note 100.: “If somebody cuts reeds, Rebbi Jehudah says at a place where one is used to cut, he should tear out; at a place where one is used to tear out, he should cut. In any case, he should cut higher than a hand-breadth73To cut unprofessionally.. If somebody cuts down for logs, he should not plane and cut in steps, cut in steps to create joints, but he should try to cut them straight74He should not treat the logs in public as objects of trade. Since one may cut wood in the Sabbatical year as fuel, the act of cutting in itself does not create a bad appearance..” It was stated75Tosephta 3:19, in the name of Abba Shaul, restrics to cutting in tree groves.: “Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel said, at a place where one usually planes, he should cut in steps, in steps he should plane and cut down at the ground73To cut unprofessionally., but he should not cut with an axe.”
רִבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגָּלִילִי כְבֵית שַׁמַּי. וְרִבִּי עֲקִיבָה כְבֵית הִלֵּל. וְכֵן אֲתִינָן מַתְנֵי רִבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגָּלִילִי כְבֵית שַׁמַּי וְרִבִּי עֲקִיבָה כְבֵית הִלֵּל. אֶלָּא רִבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגָּלִילִי חָשַׁשׁ לַעֲבוֹדַת הָאָרֶץ. 77In the Venice print, this is still part of Halakhah 5.: Rebbi Yose the Galilean follows the House of Shammai, Rebbi Aqiba follows the House of Hillel78We have no statements of the Houses of Shammai and Hillel on this point, but in Mishnah 4 the House of Shammai was more restrictive than the House of Hillel as far as cutting for wood is concerned.. Can we come to state that Rebbi Yose the Galilean follows the House of Shammai, Rebbi Aqiba follows the House of Hillel79Since R. Yose the Galilean was a student of Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai at Yabneh, when the House of Shammai already was no longer a dominant force in Jewish thought, the hypothesis seems to be illogical.? But Rebbi Yose the Galilean worries about agricultural work80Cutting is too close to biblically prohibited trimming..