Rinds of pomegranate and its blossom, husks of nuts, and pits possess seventh [-year sanctity], and money [exchanged] for them possesses seventh [-year sanctity]. The dyer may dye for himself, but he may not dye for payment, because one may not do business with seventh [-year] produce, nor with first-born animals, nor with terumah, nor with unslaughtered carcasses, nor with tereifos, nor with abominations, nor with creeping things. A person should not take field vegetables and sell them in the market, but he may pick and his son may sell in his place. [If] he took for himself and left over, he is permitted to sell them.

[If] he bought a first-born animal for his son’s [wedding] feast or for the festival, and he did not need it, he is permitted to sell it. Trappers of wild animals, fowl, or fish, who chanced upon unkosher species are permitted to sell them. R’ Yehudah says: Even someone to whom such [an animal] happened to come his way may take it and sell it, provided that he does not make a specialty of this. But the Sages forbid it.

Shoots of the service tree and the carob tree possess seventh [-year sanctity] and money [exchanged] for them possesses seventh [-year sanctity]; they are subject to biur and money [exchanged] for them is subject to biur. Shoots of the terebinth, pistachio, and thorn, possess seventh [-year sanctity] and money [exchanged] for them possesses seventh [-year sanctity]; [but] they are not subject to biur, nor is money [exchanged] for them subject to biur. But the leaves are subject to biur, because they fall from their branches.

The rose, henna, balsam, and stone pine possess seventh [-year sanctity], and money [exchanged] for them possess seventh [-year sanctity]. R’ Shimon says: The balsam does not possess seventh [-year sanctity], because it is not a fruit.

A new rose which was preserved in old oil — one may pick out the rose; but an old [rose] in new [oil] is subject to biur. New carobs which were preserved in old wine, and old [carobs which were preserved] in old wine, and old [carobs which were preserved] in new [wine], are subject to biur. This is the rule: Whatever imparts flavor, one is obligated to perform biur [on it] — [if it is] a mixture of one kind in a different kind; but [if it is] a mixture of one kind in a like kind — [even] the least amount [prohibits]. Seventh [-year produce] prohibits in minute quantities, in a mixture of like kinds; in a mixture of unlike kinds [it prohibits only] when it imparts flavor.

A major rule was stated concerning the seventh [year]: Whatever is reserved for human consumption may not be made into a plaster for a person, and surely not for an animal. Whatever is not reserved for human consumption may be made into a plaster for a person, but not for an animal. Whatever is reserved neither for human consumption nor animal consumption — [if] he intended it for human consumption and animal consumption, we apply to it the stringencies of both human [food] and animal [food]; [if] he intended it for [use as] wood then it is [treated] as wood; for example, the savory, the hyssop, and the oregano.

Seventh [-year produce] was given [to be used] for eating, drinking, and anointing; to eat that which it is customary to eat, and to anoint [with] that with which it is customary to anoint. One may not anoint with wine or vinegar but one may anoint with oil. So too with terumah and maaser sheni. Greater leniency is applied to seventh [-year produce] than to them in that it may be used for kindling a lamp.

One may not sell seventh [-year] produce either by measure, by weight, or by number; nor figs by number, nor vegetables by weight. Beis Shammai say: Not even [in] bunches. But Beis Hillel say: That which is customarily tied [in bunches] for the house may be tied for the market, for example, leeks and the milky blossom.

. [If] someone says to a worker, ‘‘Here is an issar for you, pick vegetables for me today,’’ his earnings are permissible. [But if one said,] ‘‘Pick vegetables for me today in return for it,‘‘ his earnings are prohibited. [If] one took a loaf worth a pundyon from a baker [and said], ‘‘When I pick field vegetables I will bring you [some],’’ it is permissible. But if he took from him as usual, he may not pay him with seventh [-year] money, for one may not repay a debt with seventh [-year] money.

One may not give [seventh-year assets in payment] to a well-digger, nor to a bathhouse keeper, nor to a barber, nor to a boatman. But he may give [these] to a well-digger for drinking [purposes]. He may also give [these] to any of them as a gift.

Figs of the seventh [year] may not be cut with a fig-knife, but one may cut them with a sword. One may not press grapes in a wine press, but he may press them in a kneading trough. Nor may one press olives in an olive press and with a weighted beam, but he may crush [the olives] and put [them] in a small press. R’ Shimon says: He may even grind [them] in the olive press and put [them] in a small press.

One may not cook a vegetable of the seventh [year] in oil which is terumah, so that he not cause it to become unfit. R’ Shimon permits [this]. The very last [object of exchange] is subject to seventh [year sanctity], but the produce itself remains prohibited.

One may not purchase slaves, land, or non-kosher animals with seventh [-year] money; if one did, he must eat [produce] of equal value. One may not bring the pair of birds for a zav, the pair of birds for a zavah, or the pair of birds for a woman giving birth, with seventh [-year] money; if one did, he must eat [produce] of equal value. One may not smear utensils with seventh [year] oil; if one did, he must eat [produce] of equal value.

A hide which was smeared with seventh [year] oil — R’ Eliezer says: It must be burnt. But the Sages say: One must eat [produce] of equal value. They said before R’ Akiva: R’ Eliezer said that a hide which was smeared with seventh [year] oil must be burnt. He said to them: Be silent! I will not tell you what R’ Eliezer said regarding this.

Additionally, they said before him: R’ Eliezer said that one who eats bread of Cutheans is comparable to one who eats pig meat. He said to them: Be silent! I will not tell you what R’ Eliezer said regarding this.

[If] a bathhouse was heated with stubble or straw of the seventh [year], one may bathe in it; but if he is a respected person, he should not bathe [in it].

The rue, wild asparagus, purslane, mountain coriander, river celery, and the meadow rocket are exempt from tithes and may be bought from any person in the seventh [year], for no [vegetable] like these is protected. R’ Yehudah says: Aftergrowths of mustard are permitted, because transgressors are not suspected concerning them. R’ Shimon says: All aftergrowths are permissible, except the aftergrowths of cabbage. But the Sages say: All aftergrowths are prohibited.