Editing Judah ha-Nasi (section)

===Halacha===
Using the precedent of [[Rabbi Meir]]'s reported actions, Judah ruled the [[Beit Shean]] region to be exempt from the requirements of [[Tithes in Judaism|tithing]] and [[shmita]] regarding produce grown there.<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] [https://www.sefaria.org.il/Chullin.6b.5-6?lang=bi Hullin 6b]; [[Jerusalem Talmud]] ''Demai'' 2:1. The region of Beit Shean was typically seen as not settled by Jews returning from the [[Babylonian captivity]], and therefore had not the same consecrated status as other areas of the country. As for Rabbi Judah HaNasi's enactment, the release from shmita obligations and the release from tithing all home-grown produce throughout the remaining six years of the seven-year cycle were one and the same (cf. Maimonides, [[Mishne Torah]] (''Hilchot Terumoth'' 1:5); Jerusalem Talmud ''Shevi'it'' 6:4; p. 51a in the ''Oz veHadar'' edition.</ref> He also did the same for the cities of Kefar Tzemach, [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]] and [[Bayt Jibrin|Beit Gubrin]].<ref>[[Jerusalem Talmud]] Demai 2:1</ref>

He forbade his students to study in the marketplace, basing his prohibition on his interpretation of [[Song of Songs]] 7:2, and censured one of his students who violated this restriction.<ref>Moed Kattan 16a, b</ref>