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כל דבר שיש לו מתירין, כגון טבל ומעשר שני והקדש וחדש — לא נתנו בהן חכמים שיעור. וכל דבר שאין לו מתירין, כגון תרומה ותרומת מעשר וחלה וערלה וכלאי הכרם — נתנו בהם חכמים שיעור.
For any item that can become permitted, i.e., a forbidden object whose prohibition can or will lapse, For example: untithed produce that can be permitted through tithing, and second tithe that is permitted through redemption or bringing it to Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 14:24–26), and consecrated items that are also permitted through redemption, and produce of the new crop that is permitted after the sacrifice of the omer offering (Leviticus 23:14), the rabbis did not determine a measure for their neutralization, and no mixture with any quantity of permitted items neutralizes their prohibition. And for any item that cannot become permitted, For example: teruma, and teruma of the tithe, and ḥalla (Numbers 15:20–21); fruit of a tree during the first 3 years after its planting [orla]; and forbidden food crops in a vineyard (Deuteronomy 22:9), the rabbis determined a measure for their neutralization.
אמרו לו: והלא שביעית אין לה מתירין, ולא נתנו בה חכמים שיעור. דתנן: השביעית אוסרת כל שהוא במינה! אמר להן: אף אני לא אמרתי אלא לביעור.
The Rabbis said to R' Shimon: But isn’t Sabbatical-Year produce an item that cannot become permitted, and nevertheless, the rabbis did not determine a measure for its neutralization, as we learned in a Mishnah (Shevi’it 7:7): The Sabbatical-Year produce prohibits permitted produce of its own species with which it is mixed in any amount. R' Shimon said to them: I too said that Sabbatical-Year produce prohibits permitted produce in a mixture and permitted growths that develop from it only with regard to the removal of the produce. Sabbatical-Year produce may be eaten only as long as produce of that species remains in the field, after which it must be removed from one’s possession. Since it is permitted to eat the produce before that time, its legal status during this period is that of an item that can become permitted.