Related%20passage for Sheviit 3:8

אֵין בּוֹנִין מַדְרֵגוֹת עַל פִּי הַגֵּאָיוֹת עֶרֶב שְׁבִיעִית מִשֶּׁפָּסְקוּ הַגְּשָׁמִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְתַקְּנָן לַשְּׁבִיעִית. אֲבָל בּוֹנֶה הוּא בַּשְּׁבִיעִית מִשֶּׁפָּסְקוּ גְּשָׁמִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מְתַקְּנָן לְמוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית. וְלֹא יִסְמֹךְ בְּעָפָר, אֲבָל עוֹשֶׂה הוּא חַיִץ. כָּל אֶבֶן שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לִפְשֹׁט אֶת יָדוֹ וְלִטְּלָהּ, הֲרֵי זוֹ תִּנָּטֵל:

One may not construct terracing on the valley-sides in the pre-Sabbatical year once the rains have ceased, for this is considered improving [the land] for the Sabbatical year. However, one may build during the Sabbatical year once the rains have ceased, as this is [merely] improving [the land] for the post-Sabbatical year. One may not cement [the wall] with an earthen [mixture], but one may make a [rock] partition [without mortar]. Any stone which one can reach out with one's hand and take [while building], [such a stone as] this may be taken.

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