Sheviis 7:6 - 7:7

וורד – rose.

והכופר (cyprus flower) – nit is what we call ALHANAH in Arabic. And there are those who say that it is a perfume that they call GROPOLI.

והקטף (balsam) – the balsam tree.

לוטם (resin – used as a perfume; Maimonides calls it a chestnut or hazelnut) – It is the Aramaic translation of (Genesis 37:25): “[their camels bearing] gum, balm [and ladanum to be taken to Egypt];” And there are those who say that it is TZINBAR in Arabic; PANYULISH in the foreign language.

יש להם שביעית ולדמיהן שביעית – the same law applies that they have removal [from the house] and their monetary value has removal, and even though it is not mentioned in the Mishnah.

מפני שאינו פרי ([that balsam is not subject to the laws of the Seventh Year]) – and their law is like wood that do not have the holiness of the Seventh Year because their benefit comes after their removal [from the house], and the Torah stated (Leviticus 25:6): “But you may eat whatever the land during its Sabbath will produce” – that which is similar to eating for their benefit and removal are equivalent, excluding the wood whose benefit comes after their removal. But the first Tanna/teacher [of this Mishnah] holds that the balsam is its fruit. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Shimon.

ורד חדש שכבשו בשמן שין – a rose of the Seventh Year that was preserved/pickled in oil of the Sixth [Year], he will remove/gather the rose prior to the time of removal [from the house] arrives and everything is permitted. But a rose of the Seventh Year that was preserved/pickled in oil of the Eighth [Year] and the time for the removal has already arrived of the rose, he is liable to removal everything, as it is taught at the ending clause: [Produce of the] Sabbatical Year renders forbidden [subject to the laws of the Sabbatical year] all other [permitted produce] of the same species [with which it has been mixed]. But [if the two lots of produce are] not of the same species, [only if the produce of the Sabbatical year] imparts its flavor [does it render the other produce forbidden].

וחרובין חדשים וכו' – here we are speaking of one who comes to drink the wine after the time of the removal [from the house] and in every matter, e is liable to remove it. But if the carobs did not remain/tarry in the wine until the time of the removal, he gathers/collects the carobs and the wine is permitted like sifting, and this is taught explicitly in the Tosefta (see Tosefta Sheviit, Chapter 5, Halakhot 13-14 in the Lieberman edition to Seder Zeraim, page 188).

זה הכלל וכו' – it speaks about aoll the prohibitions in the Torah, that in all of them, of the [permitted produce of the] same species with however small the amount of produce and with two separate species when it imparts a flavor, and it is not the Halakha.

השביעית אוסרת בכל שהוא במינה – after the removal. But prior to the removal [from the house], they lack the holiness of the Seventh [Year], which would be prohibited to cause it loss and to conduct business with them until there is the imparting of a flavor, whether of its own species or not of its own species.

ושלא במינה – even after the removal when it imparts a flavor.