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לא שנו אלא במקום שאין מביאין ירק מחוצה לארץ לארץ. אבל במקום שמביאין ירק מחוצה לארץ לארץ — אסור.
They taught that if he takes the vow in the Sabbatical Year he is permitted to eat garden vegetables only if he is in a place where people do not bring vegetables from outside of Eretz Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael. However, in a place where people bring vegetables from outside of Eretz Yisrael, where the halakhot of the Sabbatical Year do not apply, to Eretz Yisrael, he is prohibited from eating garden vegetables as well, as they are widely available, and therefore included in the unspecified word vegetable.
כתנאי: אין מביאין ירק מן חוצה לארץ לארץ, רבי חנניה בן גמליאל אומר: מביאין ירק מחוצה לארץ לארץ. מאי טעמיה דמאן דאמר אין מביאין? אמר רבי ירמיה: משום גוש.
The Talmud comments that this distinction is like a dispute between tanna’im cited in a baraita: One may not bring vegetables from outside of Eretz Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael. R' Ḥananya ben Gamliel says: One may bring vegetables from outside of Eretz Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael. The Talmud asks: What is the reason of the one who said that one may not bring vegetables from outside of Eretz Yisrael? R' Yirmeya said: It is because a clod of earth might be brought with the vegetables to Eretz Yisrael. Earth from outside of Eretz Yisrael is ritually impure, and bringing it to Eretz Yisrael would spread ritual impurity in the land.
מתני׳ מן הכרוב — אסור באיספרגוס, מן האיספרגוס — מותר בכרוב.
Mishnah: One who vows that cabbage is forbidden to him is prohibited from eating ispargus, as that is a type of cabbage. However, one who vows that ispargus is forbidden to him is permitted to eat cabbage.
מן הגריסין — אסור במקפה, ורבי יוסי מתיר. מן המקפה — מותר בגריסין. מן המקפה — אסור בשום, ורבי יוסי מתיר. מן השום — מותר במקפה.
One who vows that pounded beans are forbidden to him is prohibited from eating pounded bean stew [mikpa]. However, R' Yosei rules that he is permitted to eat it. One who vows that pounded bean stew is forbidden to him is permitted to eat pounded beans according to all opinions. One who vows that stew is forbidden to him is prohibited from eating the garlic of the stew. However, R' Yosei rules that he is permitted to eat the garlic. One who vows that garlic is forbidden to him is permitted to eat stew.