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- The Biblical violation of trapping means to trap an animal in a area where it’s trapped to the extent that a person could catch it in one grasp (without chasing it). However, it’s forbidden on a rabbinic level to trap an animal even if it can still escape being caught. [1]
- Trapping species of animals that are hunted is biblically prohibited, while trapping species of animals that aren’t usually hunted is only prohibited on a rabbinic level. [2]
- According to Ashkenazim, it’s forbidden to close a small box with flies inside rather one should leave it a bit open or have a hole in the box. However, if the box is large enough that one wouldn’t be able to catch bees inside it, it’s permitted to close it. Additionally, if one doesn’t see any more bees in the box even if one’s not sure that there’s no bees left it’s permitted to close it. [3]
- The prohibition doesn’t apply to trapping people.
References
- ↑ S”A 316:1 writes that regarding birds or deer one only violates the Deoritta when one traps it into a house where one would be able to catch it, otherwise it’s only Derabbanan.
- ↑ S”A 316:3 gives the example of a bee which isn’t usually trapped and still the prohibition to trap it is derabbanan.
- ↑ Rama 316:1 writes that it’s forbidden to close a small box with flies inside as it’s a violation of trapping and so one should leave it ajar or have a hole (as Mishna Brurah 316:14 writes). Mishna Brurah 316:15 implies from the Rama, that in a large box where one wouldn’t be able to catch the flies it’s permissible. Mishna Brurah 316:16 concludes that even though some achronim argue on the Rama one should be strict unless there are no flies in sight even if one’s unsure that there’s no bees left.
