What obligates someone who works with another person’s animal to feed the animal during its work?
- The actual threshing.
- The initial Kinyan of Meshicah to begin his rental or borrowing.
- When the animal puts its head down to try to eat.
- Machlokes between answers A and B.
- Machlokes between answers B and C.
May someone put an animal in a pen together with its own species, as well as with a different species?
- Yes, we assume that it will mate with its own species.
- Only when a Shomer is constantly present.
- No, although we assume that it will mate with its own species, we are concerned that it will lead to lewdness.
- No, we must be concerned that it will mate with the other species.
- The question remains unresolved.
May someone muzzle a threshing duck?
- Yes, the Torah says Shor, and this Mitzvah only applies to a Shor.
- No, it works with its full strength, just like a Shor.
- Yes, the animal whose muzzling the Torah forbade — a Shor — has four legs, and a bird only has two legs.
- The question isn't practical; ducks don’t know how to thresh.
- The question remains unresolved.
May workers eat the fruits from a tree they just picked, as they are walking away from it?
- No, it is no longer “during their work”!
- Yes, when they picked it on the condition to eat it as they are walking away.
- Yes, they are still in the field, and are considered still involved in the work.
- Really not, but the Chachamim permitted it because this way they waste less work time.
- Really not, but the Chachamim permitted it because it’s better for worker-employer relations.
May a worker eat from one type of food while he is working with another?
- Always.
- Never.
- Only when he takes it by himself.
- Only when his wife or children take it for him.
- Only when he's walking.