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Plants
Watering promotes growth - a derivative of sowing (Shabbat ע״ג ע״ב (73b)). Picking a flower or fruit - reaping. Chazal also decreed against climbing or using a tree, lest one pluck (Beitzah ל״ו ע״ב (36b)). Walking on grass - permitted.
Watering, picking a flower, feeding a dog, trapping a fly - map sowing, reaping and trapping outside the kitchen.
Lesson goals
- 01Understand watering as a derivative of sowing
- 02Know the decree on climbing a tree
- 03Know the laws of trapping and feeding animals
02
Animals
Trapping is an av melakhah. One may feed animals dependent on a person (pet dog, cat), but not animals whose food is not your responsibility (SA OC 324:11). Animals are inherently muktzeh.
Insight
A study framework only - for a practical question, ask a rabbi.
Practice
Before Shabbat, set out water and food for your pet.
Lesson wrap-up
Nature rests too - we observe it instead of changing it.
Check your understanding
Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.
Question 1 of 3
Watering a plant is a derivative of -