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Mishnayos Moed Katan Perek 1 Mishnah 3

מועד קטן פרק א׳ משנה ג׳

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Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: In a field that is filled with trees, one may draw water via channels from one tree to another tree on the intermediate days of a Festival because trees are in dire need of water. And this is permitted provided that in doing so he does not water the entire field. With regard to plants that were not watered prior to the Festival, one may not water them on the intermediate days of the Festival because they do not need the water. But the Rabbis permit watering in this case, i.e., trees, and that case, i.e., plants.

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, מוֹשְׁכִים אֶת הַמַּיִם מֵאִילָן לְאִילָן, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יַשְׁקֶה אֶת כָּל הַשָּׂדֶה. זְרָעִים שֶׁלֹּא שָׁתוּ לִפְנֵי הַמּוֹעֵד, לֹא יַשְׁקֵם בַּמּוֹעֵד. וַחֲכָמִים מַתִּירִין בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה:

ג׳
Bartenura

מושכין את המים – that is underneath the tree, and this is for another tree, where there is no strenuous labor, but he should not water the entire field, and we are speaking of a field sufficiently watered by rain, which does not suffer loss, for the rain waters are sufficient for it, but when we water it, there is great and liberal provision.

לא שתו – there was no loss

בזה ובזה – even if they had not drunk [water] and even a field that is sufficiently watered by rain, and because of the liberal provision the Sages permitted it. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov. And the anonymous Mishnah (i.e., Mishnah 1): We water the irrigated field that is above is according to him (i.e., Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov). However, a moist field whose ground is like plaster/clay/mud, it is permitted to water it during the Festival, and even according to Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov, for they are considered like seeds that drank [water] before the Festival.

מושכים את המים. שתחת אילן, זה לאילן אחר, דליכא טרחא. אבל לא ישקה כל השדה. ובשדה בית הבעל איירי, דלא פסדי, שמי גשמים מספיקין לו, אלא שכשמשקין אותו הוי הרווחה טפי:

שלא שתו. דלא פסדי:

בזה ובזה. אפילו לא שתו ואפילו שדה הבעל, דמשום הרווחה שרו חכמים. והלכה כראב״י, דסתם מתניתין משקין בית השלחין דלעיל כוותיה. ומיהו שדה לחה שהקרקע שלה כמו טיט מותר להשקותה במועד אפילו לראב״י דכזרעים ששתו לפני המועד דמו: