## Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 221:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 221:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Negative%20Commandments/r/221:1)

שהזהירנו מעבודת אילן בשני שביעית. והוא אמרו יתעלה וכרמך לא תזמור, ומי שעבר על לאו זה חייב מלקות. לשון ספרי הזרע והזמיר בכלל היו ולמה יצאו להקיש אליהם מה זרע וזמיר מיוחדים שהן עבודה בארץ ובאילן. וכבר התבארו משפטי מצוה זו במסכת שביעית. (שם, שם):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
He prohibited us from doing work on trees in the seventh year. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "and you shall not prune your vineyard" (Leviticus 25:4). And anyone who transgresses this negative commandment is lashed. And the language of the [Sifra] (Sifra, Behar, Section 1:6) is, "Sowing and pruning were in the general category (of forbidden labor). So why were they singled out? To compare to them, viz.: Just as sowing and pruning are distinct in being labors for field and trees, [so too, are all such labors forbidden on the seventh year]. And the regulations of this commandment have already been explained in Sheviit. (See Parashat Behar; Mishneh Torah, Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee 1.)