Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 523
Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 523 — English translation
Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.
- 11. Laws regarding animals on the holiday, 4 Seifim: We remove flies that are stuck on an animal, even though this creates a wound.
- 22. We do not comb an animal with a fine comb on a holiday because this removes hair.
- 33. We do not deliver an animal on a holiday, but we assist it by holding the newborn such that it does not fall on the ground, blowing in its nose, and putting the teat into its mouth.
- 44. If an animal spurns its newborn, it is permitted to sprinkle (meaning to pour) the water of the after-birth on it and put salt in her womb so that she will have mercy on it. It is forbidden to do this for an impure animal. Rem"a: (And see above chapter 246 paragraph 3 in the Rem"a's note regarding whether a man is commanded to let his animal rest on a holiday).
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דינים הנוהגים בבהמות בי"ט. ובו ד סעיפים:
מסירים זבובים הנתלים בבהמה אע"פ שהן עושים חבורה:
אין מגרדין בהמה במגרדת בי"ט מפני שמשרת שער:
אין מילדין בהמה בי"ט אבל מסעדין אותה שאוחז בולד שלא יפול לארץ ונופח לו בחוטמו ונותן לו דד לתוך פיו:
בהמה שריחקה ולדה מותר לזלף (פי' לשפוך) מי שליתה עליו וליתן מלא אגרוף מלח ברחמה כדי שתרחם עליו אבל הטמאה אסור לעשות לה כן: הגה (ועיין לעיל סי' רמ"ו סעיף ג' בהג"ה אם אדם מצווה על שביתת בהמתו בי"ט):
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