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הלכות שביתת יום טוב ב׳Rest on a Holiday 2

Chapter 2 of 8 in Rest on a Holiday — 18 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

אֶפְרוֹחַ שֶׁנּוֹלַד בְּיוֹם טוֹב אָסוּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מֻקְצֶה. וְעֵגֶל שֶׁנּוֹלַד בְּיוֹם טוֹב אִם הָיְתָה אִמּוֹ עוֹמֶדֶת לַאֲכִילָה מֻתָּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מוּכָן עַל גַּבֵּי אִמּוֹ וְאִלּוּ שָׁחַט אִמּוֹ הָיָה זֶה שֶׁבְּמֵעֶיהָ מֻתָּר בְּיוֹם טוֹב אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נוֹלַד:

A chick that was born on a holiday is prohibited [to eat on that day] because it is muktseh. But a calf that was born on a holiday—if its mother was earmarked for eating—is permitted, since it is prepared by way of its mother. [For] if one were to have slaughtered it's mother [while it was still inside], this [fetus] that was inside would have been permissible on the holiday—even though it was not [yet] born.

Halacha 2ב׳

בְּהֵמוֹת שֶׁיּוֹצְאוֹת וְרוֹעוֹת חוּץ לַתְּחוּם וּבָאוֹת וְלָנוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּחוּם הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מוּכָנִין וְלוֹקְחִין מֵהֶן וְשׁוֹחֲטִין אוֹתָן בְּיוֹם טוֹב. אֲבָל הָרוֹעוֹת וְלָנוֹת חוּץ לַתְּחוּם אִם בָּאוּ בְּיוֹם טוֹב אֵין שׁוֹחֲטִין אוֹתָן בְּיוֹם טוֹב מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן מֻקְצִין וְאֵין דַּעַת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר עֲלֵיהֶם:

Animals that go out and graze outside of the perimeter and come to sleep within the perimeter are surely prepared [for the holiday]; so we may take from them and slaughter them on the holiday. But we may not slaughter on a holiday those [animals] that graze and sleep outside of the perimeter—if they come [within the perimeter] on a holiday—because they are muktseh and the minds of the people of the city are not on them (to eat them on the holiday).

Halacha 3ג׳

וְכֵן בֶּהֱמַת קָדָשִׁים שֶׁנּוֹלַד בָּהּ מוּם בְּיוֹם טוֹב הוֹאִיל וְלֹא הָיְתָה דַּעְתּוֹ עָלֶיהָ מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב אָסוּר לְשָׁחֳטָהּ בְּיוֹם טוֹב. לְפִיכָךְ אָסוּר לִרְאוֹת מוּמֵי קָדָשִׁים בְּיוֹם טוֹב גְּזֵרָה שֶׁמָּא יַתִּירֵם הֶחָכָם בְּמוּמָן וְיָבֹא זֶה לִשְׁחוֹט בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם. אֲבָל רוֹאֶה הוּא הַמּוּם מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב וּלְמָחָר מַתִּיר אוֹ אוֹסֵר:

And likewise a consecrated animal that acquired a blemish on a holiday: Since [the owner] did not have his mind on it (to eat it on the holiday) from the eve of the holiday—it is prohibited to slaughter it on the holiday. Therefore it is prohibited for one to examine blemishes on consecrated animals on a holiday, [as a] decree lest the sage permit them (to be slaughtered for personal use) due to their blemishes and [the owner] will come to slaughter it on that [holiday]. But [the sage] may look at the blemish on the eve of a holiday and permit or forbid it on the morrow.

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English: Sefaria Edition, tr. R. Francis Nataf, 2019 — CC BY