Halakhah for Nedarim 4:5

הַמֻּדָּר הֲנָאָה מֵחֲבֵרוֹ לִפְנֵי שְׁבִיעִית, לֹא יוֹרֵד לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ, וְאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל מִן הַנּוֹטוֹת. וּבַשְּׁבִיעִית אֵינוֹ יוֹרֵד לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ, אֲבָל אוֹכֵל הוּא מִן הַנּוֹטוֹת. נָדַר הֵימֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לִפְנֵי שְׁבִיעִית, יוֹרֵד לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ, וְאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל מִן הַפֵּרוֹת. וּבַשְּׁבִיעִית, יוֹרֵד וְאוֹכֵל:

If one bevows benefit from his friend before shevi'ith (the shemitah year), he may not go down to his field, and he may not eat from the nototh [the fruits hanging (notin) outside the orchard.] And on shevi'ith, he may not go down to his field, but he may eat from the nototh. [Even though the Torah made the fruits of shevi'ith hefker (ownerless), it did not make the land itself hefker, and we fear lest, when he is not eating the fruits, he might remain and linger in the field, and derive enjoyment from the field itself, which is not hefker.] If he bevowed "food" before shevi'ith, he may go down to his field, but he may not eat from the fruits. And on shevi'ith, he may go down and eat.

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