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But they do not count from Shabbat, as there is no significance to the day of the week on which the tree was planted, and consequently no one remembers that the tree was planted on Shabbat.
Alternatively, the difference between Shabbat and the Sabbatical Year can be explained as follows: Jews are suspected of desecrating the Sabbatical Year, but they are not suspected of desecrating Shabbat. Therefore, R' Meir imposes a penalty for the unintentional desecration of the Sabbatical Year
The Talmud asks: What is the point of R' Meir adding the second reason, introduced with the term alternatively? The Talmud answers: This is what R' Meir is saying: And if you would say to contest the first reason: Jews also count from Shabbat, and unless the tree is uprooted, people will remember
Consequently, R' Meir adds: Come and hear that alternatively, the difference between Shabbat and the Sabbatical Year can be explained as follows: Jews are suspected of desecrating the Sabbatical Year, but they are not suspected of desecrating Shabbat. Therefore, R' Meir imposes a penalty for the u
The Talmud continues: And there is also no contradiction between one statement of R' Yehuda with regard to the Sabbatical Year and the other statement of R' Yehuda with regard to Shabbat. This is because in R' Yehuda’s place the prohibition against desecrating the Sabbatical Year was regarded by the