Commentary for Sheviit 1:7
הַנְּטִיעוֹת וְהַדְּלוּעִים, מִצְטָרְפִין לְתוֹךְ בֵּית סְאָה. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, כָּל עֲשָׂרָה דְלוּעִים לְבֵית סְאָה, חוֹרְשִׁין כָּל בֵּית סְאָה עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה:
Saplings and squash vines combine for calculating the [number of saplings in a] <i>Beit Se'ah</i>. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says, Whenever there are ten squash vines in a <i>Beit Se'ah</i>, one may plow the whole <i>Beit Se'ah</i> on their account until Rosh HaShanah.
Bartenura on Mishnah Sheviit
הנטיעות והדלועים מצטרפין לבית סאה – with a Greek gourd, exactly is what our Mishnah is speaking which is large like a tree, but not with the rest of the gourds, and it is necessary that the young trees will be greater in number than the gourds as for example, when there are six young trees and four gourds, they combine to make ten and they plow the entire Bet Seah for their sake.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sheviit
Introduction
Our mishnah teaches that gourd plants, which also need to be plowed frequently, count as with the saplings.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Sheviit
רשב"ג אומר – even if all of the ten were gourds, they plow the entire Bet Seah for their sake, because they are like young trees. And the Halakha is according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sheviit
Saplings and gourds are counted together within space of a bet seah. If there are a combination of ten saplings and gourd plants then they may plow the entire field. There are two caveats which the Talmud adds. First of all, these must be large gourd plants, large enough to justify needing to plow large plots of land to take care of them. Secondly, there must be more saplings then gourd plants, for instance six saplings and four gourds.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sheviit
Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says: if there are ten gourds in the bet seah they may plow the whole bet seah until Rosh Hashanah. According to Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel, gourd plants are treated just like the saplings. Thus if there are ten gourd plants, the whole field may be plowed all the way up until Rosh Hashanah.
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