Mesorat%20hashas for Sheviit 4:4

הַמֵּדֵל בַּזֵּיתִים, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, יָגוֹם. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, יְשָׁרֵשׁ. וּמוֹדִים בְּמַחֲלִיק, עַד שֶׁיָּגוֹם. אֵיזֶה הוּא הַמֵּדֵל, אֶחָד אוֹ שְׁנַיִם. הַמַּחֲלִיק, שְׁלֹשָׁה, זֶה בְצַד זֶה. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁלּוֹ, אֲבָל מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ, אַף הַמַּחֲלִיק, יְשָׁרֵשׁ:

If one is thinning out olive trees, the house of Shamai say: he should chop [off the trunk but leave the roots]. The house of Hillel say: he may uproot. They admit that if one is creating a clearing, one must chop [it off]. What is considered thinning out? One or two. [What is considered] creating a clearing? Three side by side. To what does this apply? In one's own property; however in one's fellow's property -- even if one is creating a clearing, one may uproot.

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