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31.4: An esrog of shmittah cannot be bought from an am ha’aretz. If he doesn’t wish to give it for free, the price of the esrog may be included in the lulav’s price.

 Summary 

 Challenge: What about lulav, why may one pay an am ha’aretz for it?

 Resolution: The lulav used on shmittah is still from the sixth year. 

 Challenge: The esrog is also from the sixth year?

 Resolution: With regard to an esrog we follow the time of its picking. 

 Challenge: Both Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Eliezer agree that the time of picking is disregarded and only the time of its growth matters. As we learn in a mishna: 

 Rabban Gamliel: The Esrog is like a tree in three ways and like a vegetable in one way. It is like a tree with regard to Orlah, Revai and Shvi’is [all these depend on the time of its growth]. It is like a vegetable with regard to the year of maaser - it depends on the time of its picking. 

 Rabbi Eliezer: It is like a tree in all respects. 

 Resolution: Our Mishna follows a different Tanna, in the beraisa: 

 Rabbi Yosi: Avtulamos ruled in the name of five zekeinim, that the esrog follows the time of picking with regard to Maaser. But our teachers in Usha [the Sanhedrin] ruled that it depends on picking with regard to both Maaser and Shvi’is. 

 Question: Who said anything about Shvi’is?

 Response: There were some words missing from the quote. It should read:

 Rabbi Yosi: Avtulamos ruled in the name of five zekeinim, that the esrog follows the time of picking with regard to Maaser and the time of growing with regard to Shvi’is. But our teachers in Usha [the Sanhedrin] ruled that it depends on picking with regard to both Maaser and Shvi’is. 

 Esrog is compared to yerek because it’s different from all trees in that it requires more watering, like a vegetable garden.