## Sefer HaChinukh Mitzvah 327

###### Sefer HaChinukh 327:1
[Sefer HaChinukh 327:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/327:1)

**שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשֶׂה עֲבוֹדָה גַּם בָּאִילָנוֹת** – שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשֶׂה עֲבוֹדָה גַּם בָּאִילָנוֹת בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כה ד) וְכַרְמְךָ לֹא תִזְמֹר וּלְשׁוֹן סִפְרָא (בהר א ו) הַזֶּרַע וְהַזָּמִיר פֵּרוּשׁ, לֹא תִזְרַע וְלֹא תִזְמֹר, בַּכְּלָל הָיוּ כְּלוֹמַר, בִּכְלַל שְׁבִיתָה הָיוּ, שֶׁכְּבָר אָמַר וְשָׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ, וְכֵן שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן יִהְיֶה לָאָרֶץ, וְלָמָּה יָצְאוּ? לְהַקִּישׁ אֲלֵיהֶם מָה זֶרַע וְזָמִיר מְיֻחָדִין, שֶׁהֵן עֲבוֹדָה בָּאָרֶץ וּבָאִילָן וכו', כִּדְאִיתָא הָתָם. עִנְיַן מִצְוָה זוֹ כַּמִּצְוָה הַקּוֹדֶמֶת. וּקְצָת פְּרָטֶיהָ כָּתַבְתִּי גַּם כֵּן בְּפָרָשַׁת אִם כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה תִּרְאֶנּוּ מִשָּׁם (מצוד פד).

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
**That we also not do work with the trees:** That we also not do work with the trees on the seventh year, as it is stated (Leviticus 25:4), “and your vineyard you shall not prune.” And the language of Sifra, Behar, Section 1:6 is “Sowing and pruning” — the understanding [of which is] “you shall not sow and [...] you shall not prune” — “were in the general category,” meaning they were in the category of resting. “And why were they singled out? To compare to them: Just as sowing and pruning are distinct in being work on the land and on the trees, etc.” — as it is [found] there. The content of this commandment is like the previous commandment. And I wrote a few of its laws also in the *Parshah* of *Eem Kessef Talveh* (Sefer HaChinukh 84) — you can see it from there.