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Midrash for Shevi'it 7:2

מזהמין את הנטיעות וכורכין אותן וקוטמין אותן ועושין להם בתים ומשקין אותן עד ר"ה ר"א ב"ר צדוק אומר אף משקה הוא את הגוף בשביעית אבל לא את העיקר סכין את הפגין ומנקבין אותן עד ר"ה פגי ערב שביעית שנכנסו לשביעית ושל שביעית שיצאו למוצאי שביעית לא סכין ולא מנקבין אותן רבי יהודה אומר מקום שנהגו לסוך אין מסכין מפני שהיא עבודה מקום שלא נהגו לסוך סכין ר"ש מתיר באילן מפני שהוא רשאי בעבודת האילן:

In standing up to recite the Prayer ('Amida), the feet must be met. There are two opinions on this subject, viz. that of R. Levi, and that of R. Shimon. The one says: it is to imitate the angels; the other says: it is to imitate the priests. The latter opinion is founded on the verse, " Neither shalt thou go up by steps to mine altar" (Exod. xx. 2); for the priests had to go to the altar by placing the toe beside the heel, and the heel beside the toe (i.e. by taking very little steps). The former opinion is based on the verse, " And their feet were straight feet" (Ezek. i. 7). Now, II. Hanina bar-Andira, in the name of R. Samuel bar-Zootai, says : The angels have no knee-joint, according to (Dan. vii. 16), " I came near unto one of them, that stood (always) by.'" R. Hoona says: If one sees the priests in the Synagogue at the time of their first blessing of the people, one must say: «' Bless the Lord, ye his angels" (Ps. ciii. 20); if at the second benediction: "Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts" (Ps. ciii. 21); if at the third benediction: "Bless the Lord, all his works" (Ps. ciii. 22). For the Prayer of Mousaph (additional)

Sifra

10) "shall be (all its produce"): also to serve as fuel for kindling and as an agent for dyeing. We are hereby taught that only what is called "produce" may be eaten (i.e., when it has reached at least one-third of its normal growth) — whence they ruled: When may the fruits of the tree be eaten on shevi'ith? Small figs, if they are red (half-ripe) may be eaten with his bread in the field; if they have ripened, he may take them into his house.
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