One who swears off benefit from his friend cannot enter the friend’s field or benefit from his produce. But a shemitah year changes those terms. Plus, how the phrasing her lines up (or doesn’t) with the position of Rav and Shmuel, or perhaps R. Yochanan and Resh Lakish – specifically with regard to the impact of shemitah on the benefit factor. Plus, swearing off benefit means no lending/borrowing, or selling/buying. Even though only one direction is “benefit”
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