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SHEVI’IS FOOD PERMITTED FOR YOUR ANIMALS

ז ,הכ קרפ ארקיותָבְ-לכָ היֶהְִ ךָצֶרְְ רשֶאֲ הָחַלַוְ ךָְמְהֶבְלִוְ :לכֹאֱלֶ

/בנ ףד םיחספ תכסמ

בהיח ןמז לכ ךצראב רא היחלו ךתמהבלו ארק רמאןמ ךתמהבל הלכ הדב רא היחל הלכ תיבב ךתמהבל ליכאה הדה ןמ תלכואתיבה

Food is only permitted to the owner of the field for the family’s consumption while the food is availablein the fields for the wild animals to eat; after that time, a person must destroy any such stored food.This concept is derived from the cited verse since the word ךתמהבל is extra. The base law isconcerning the undomesticated animals must have access; the domesticated animals are the owner’sresponsibility to feed. However, the extra word equates the domesticated animal to theundomesticated animal limiting the time one can feed the domesticated animal to the same time period that the type of food is available to the undomesticated animal. And the same law would applyto the human consumption of such food.

STRIGENCY OF SHEVI’IS

גי ,הכ קרפ ארקיו:תָחֻאֲ-לאֶ שיאִ בשֻָ תאֹהַ לבֵהַ תנַשְִ

א/כ ףד ןיודיק תכסמ

ל הקבא הק המכ הארו אב רמוא אנינח יברב יסוי יברתנב רמאנ וילטלטמ תא רכומ ףוסל תיעיב תוריפב ןתונו אונ םדא תיעיבדימ הנק וא ךתימעל רכממ ורכמת יכו היל ךימסו ותזוחא לא יא ובות לבויהךיחא ךומי יכ רמאנ ויתוד תא רכומ ףוסל יגרה אל דיל דימ הנקנה רבד ךתימעריע בומ תיב רוכמי יכ רמאנ ותיב תא רכומ דע ודיל תאב אל ותזוחאמ רכמוברדכ ודיל תאב אל רמאד אכה אנ יאמו יגרה אל רמאד םתה אנ יאמ המוחאקלס ול הרתוה ול הרתוה הב הנו הריבע םדא רבע ןויכ אנוה בר רמאד אנוהרוכמי יכו רמאנ ותב תא רכומ דע ודיל תאב אל רתיהכ ול תיענ אלא ךתעדהיתרב ניא ןיבזינ ל"מק אה אנינע יאהב אביתכ אל ותבד ג"עאו המאל ותב תא יאתאב אל אלזאו אפסומ אהו אקפנו אערגמ היתרב אמעט יאמ אתיבירב ףיזינ אלוותאמ חקת לא היל ךימסו ךמע ודי הטמו ךיחא ךומי יכו 'אנ תיברב הול דע ודילאלא ךל אל ךל רכמנו ךיחא ךומי יכו רמאנ ומצע תא רכומ דע ודיל תאב אל 'וגוהז רג תחפמ בות רג רמאנ בות רגל אלא קדצ רגל אלו רגל רמאנ רגלהמצע םיבכוכ תדובעל רכמנה הז רקעל וא רמוא אוהכ םיבכוכ דבוע

The main part of the prohibition of Shvi’is is working the land. The lav of selling produce of Shvi’is isonly a small, side portion of the laws, and thus called קבא.The question is why the harsh punishments for transgressing this lav, whereas other “stricter”transgressions do not have such extensive punishments. Possibly one could explain like the Gemara(Sanhedrin 39a) explains the reason for the law of Shvi’is. HaShem says to the Jewish people, plantfor six years and let the land be fallow for the seventh year in order that you should know that thePARSHAPAGES.com

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land is Mine. Toras Cohanim states the HaShem says do not let this feel bad in your eyes for you arereally strangers and temporary dwellers in this land. Thus, anyone who treats the laws of Shvi’islightly is as if not admitting the land is not owned by HaShem and brings produce at His command.Thus, one is saying that his own power causes the produce, and denies a main principal of G-d’sProvidence in the world and is subject to the harsh punishments.PARSHAPAGES.com