We are continuing in siman 5. The siman began with discussing using a dog to capture another animal, and the cases in which one would be chayav mideoraysa and chayav miderabanan.    The Chayei Adam continues, and writes that there is an additional concern of muktzah in these cases. In the way the Chayei […]

   

  We are continuing in siman 5, where the Chayei Adam is discussing the use of an animal (eg, a dog) as part of the process of tzad. It is interesting to point out that the Chayei Adam presents this case differently than its source in the Rambam. The Chayei Adam presents the case as […]

   

   

   

We are continuing in siman 3, discussing the concept of b’nei tarbus, an animal which is domesticated.  It is clear that if an animal rebels and has become a wild animal it is no longer considered domesticated. There is a question regarding something which was in a state of capture and then lost its full […]

We are beginning siman 3. We learned that there are 5 conditions necessary for an action to be considered tzad deoraysa. In siman 1, we learned the first 3 conditions: that it is b’mino nitzad, it is not already ill or infirm that it could not anyways escape, and it has to be trapped in […]