Halakhah for Sheviit 6:2

עוֹשִׂין בְּתָלוּשׁ בְּסוּרְיָא, אֲבָל לֹא בִמְחֻבָּר. דָּשִׁים וְזוֹרִין וְדוֹרְכִין וּמְעַמְּרִין, אֲבָל לֹא קוֹצְרִין וְלֹא בוֹצְרִין וְלֹא מוֹסְקִים. כְּלָל אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, כָּל שֶׁכַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ מֻתָּר בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, עוֹשִׂין אוֹתוֹ בְּסוּרְיָא:

One may work on [produce] that has been plucked in Syria, but not on [produce] that is still attached to the ground. One may thresh and winnow and tread and pile, but one may not harvest grain or harvest grapes or harvest olives. This rule was spoken by Rabbi Akiva: all work which would be [retroactively] permitted if it were done in the Land of Israel, may be done [from the outset] in Syria.

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