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מתני׳ המודר הנאה מחבירו לפני שביעית — אינו יורד לתוך שדהו, ואינו אוכל מן הנוטות. ובשביעית — אינו יורד לתוך שדהו, אבל אוכל הוא מן הנטיעות הנוטות. נדר הימנו מאכל, לפני שביעית — יורד לתוך שדהו, ואינו אוכל מן הפירות, ובשביעית — יורד ואוכל.
Mishnah: In the case of one for whom benefit from another is forbidden, before, i.e., a year other than the Sabbatical Year, he may neither enter the field of that other person, nor eat from the produce that leans out of the field, even if he does not enter the field. And during the Sabbatical Year, when the produce of the trees is ownerless, he may not enter his field; however, he may eat from the growths that lean out of the field, as the produce does not belong to the other person. If one vowed before the Sabbatical Year that benefit from another’s food is forbidden for him, he may enter his field; however, he may not eat of the produce. And during the Sabbatical Year, he may enter the field and may eat the produce.
גמ׳ רב ושמואל דאמרי תרוייהו: ״נכסים אלו עליך״ — לפני שביעית אין יורד לתוך שדהו, ואינו אוכל מן הנוטות, אף על פי שהגיע שביעית. ואם בשביעית נדר — אין יורד לתוך שדהו, אבל אוכל מן הנוטות.
Talmud: It is Rav and Shmuel who both say that if one vowed before the Sabbatical Year: Benefit from this property is forbidden to you, the other may neither enter his field, nor eat from the produce that leans out of the field, even though the Sabbatical Year arrived in the interim, because the prohibition of the produce took effect before the Sabbatical Year and remained in effect after the Sabbatical Year began. And if he vowed during the Sabbatical Year, he may not enter a field that is included in that property; however, he may eat from the produce that leans out of the field, because the produce was ownerless when he vowed.