Ki Seitzei 25:04 · unit 3

TT #641 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:04

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תַחְסֹ֥ם שׁ֖וֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ׃

You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia 89a.

TT lemma: בְּדִישׁוֹ.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 89a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: דַּיִשׁ – מַה דַּיִשׁ מְיֻחָד דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא גִּדּוּלֵי קַרְקַע וּפוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בּוֹ, אַף כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא גִּדּוּלֵי קַרְקַע פּוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בּוֹ. יָצָא הַחוֹלֵב וְהַמְחַבֵּץ וְהַמְגַבֵּן שֶׁאֵינָם גִּדּוּלֵי קַרְקַע.

English: Our Rabbis taught: ‘Threshing’ – just as threshing is distinctive in that it concerns something that grows from the ground and the worker may eat of it, so too for every thing that grows from the ground the worker may eat of it. This excludes the milker, the churner, and the cheese-maker, which are not produce of the ground.

On the daf / in context: The baraita limits the worker’s right to eat to produce that grows from the soil.

Type of Learning

Kelal u-ferat / distinctive feature (Bavli).

What Is Learned

A hired worker may eat only from produce that grows from the ground while he is working with it. Dairy processes are excluded.