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ואל ישנה אדם מפני המחלוקת. כיוצא בו: המוליך פירות שביעית ממקום שכלו למקום שלא כלו, או ממקום שלא כלו למקום שכלו — חייב לבער. רבי יהודה אומר: צא והבא לך אף אתה.
The rabbis stated a principle: And a person may not deviate from the local custom, due to potential dispute. Similarly, one who transports Sabbatical Year produce from a place where a crop has ceased in the fields to a place where it has not yet ceased or from a place where it has not yet ceased to a place where it has already ceased is obligated to remove the produce from his possession, in accordance with the stringencies of both locations. It is permitted for homeowners to eat Sabbatical Year produce in their houses only as long as that species of fruit remains in the field as ownerless property. However, once that particular fruit is no longer available for animals in the fields, one is required to remove what remains of that species from his home. The statement in the Mishnah is referring to one who transported fruit from a location where it ceased in the fields to one where it did not, and vice versa. R' Yehuda says that he need not remove the produce, as he can say to a local resident: You, too, go out and bring this produce from a place where it remains in the field.
גמ׳ מאי איריא ערבי פסחים? אפילו ערבי שבתות וערבי ימים טובים נמי! דתניא: העושה מלאכה בערבי שבתות וימים טובים מן המנחה ולמעלה אינו רואה סימן ברכה לעולם! התם, מן המנחה ולמעלה הוא דאסור, סמוך למנחה — לא. הכא — מחצות. אי נמי: התם, סימן ברכה הוא דלא חזי, אבל שמותי לא משמתינן ליה. הכא — שמותי נמי משמתינן ליה.
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Why discuss this prohibition particularly with regard to Passover eves? It is prohibited to perform labor even on Shabbat eves and Festival eves as well, as it was taught in a baraita: One who performs labor on Shabbat eves and Festival eves from minḥa time onward never sees a sign of blessing from this work. The Talmud answers that there is a difference between the two situations: There, in the case of Shabbat and Festivals, performing labor is prohibited from minḥa time onward; it is not prohibited adjacent to minḥa time, i.e., just before it. Here, in the case of Passover eve, it is prohibited from midday. Alternatively, there, on Friday and Festival eve, it is a sign of blessing that he does not see; however, the rabbis do not excommunicate him for performing labor. Here, in the case of Passover eve, the rabbis also excommunicate him for performing labor, as it is explicitly prohibited.