Ki Seitzei 25:04

Core Text

וַאֲפִלּוּ לְחָסְמָהּ מִבַּחוּץ אָסוּר, דְּאָמַר קְרָא לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישׁוֹ – אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה בִּשְׁעַת דִּישָׁה לֹא תְּהֵא חֲסִימָה.

English: And even to muzzle it outside [before the work begins] is forbidden, for Scripture says ‘You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing’ – the Torah said that at the time of threshing there shall be no muzzling.

On the daf / in context: Bava Metzia 90b forbids preparing the muzzle in advance so that the animal is already muzzled when work starts.

Type of Learning

Derash on the temporal phrase ‘while it is threshing’ (Bavli).

What Is Learned

One may not muzzle the animal even before the threshing begins. The prohibition is that the animal must not be in a muzzled state during the work.

Ki Seitzei 25:04 · unit 6

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