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# While Meleches Tzad is very complex, it doesn’t appear to have any toldos. There is only one thing prohibited by this melacha-trapping.<ref> Some meforshim try to explain how some ways of trapping, done differently than in the mishkan, are indeed only toldos. See Avnei Nezer O”C Siman 195 </ref> | # While Meleches Tzad is very complex, it doesn’t appear to have any toldos. There is only one thing prohibited by this melacha-trapping.<ref> Some meforshim try to explain how some ways of trapping, done differently than in the mishkan, are indeed only toldos. See Avnei Nezer O”C Siman 195 </ref> | ||
===Within what type of area is it considered trapping?=== | ===Within what type of area is it considered trapping?=== | ||
# The | # The biblical violation of [[trapping]] means to trap an animal in an area where it’s trapped to the extent that a person could catch it in one grasp (without chasing it).<ref> See Mishna 106a and Rambam Shabbat 10:20</ref> However, it’s forbidden on a rabbinic level to trap an animal even if it can still escape being caught.<Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 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. </ref> | ||
===Which animals may not be trapped?=== | ===Which animals may not be trapped?=== | ||
# The Torah-level prohibition of [[trapping]] on [[Shabbat]] applies only to an animal that people normally trap. If, however, it is a type of animal that is not normally trapped, [[trapping]] it is forbidden only rabbinically. <ref> | # The Torah-level prohibition of [[trapping]] on [[Shabbat]] applies only to an animal that people normally trap. If, however, it is a type of animal that is not normally trapped, [[trapping]] it is forbidden only rabbinically. <ref> | ||
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* Chut HaShani (vol 1, p. 120) writes that there is a rabbinic prohibition only if the animal feels that it is being confined. It is permitted to trap an animal in an area that is so large that it doesn’t even realize it is being confined. The [[Shabbos]] Home (p. 353) agrees.</ref> | * Chut HaShani (vol 1, p. 120) writes that there is a rabbinic prohibition only if the animal feels that it is being confined. It is permitted to trap an animal in an area that is so large that it doesn’t even realize it is being confined. The [[Shabbos]] Home (p. 353) agrees.</ref> | ||
==Trapping a fly in a box== | ==Trapping a fly in a box== | ||
# 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 | # 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 flies inside it, it’s permitted to close it. Additionally, if one doesn’t see any more flies in the box even if one’s not sure that there’s no flies left it’s permitted to close it.<Ref> Rama O.C. 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 the Mishna Brurah 316:14 writes. Mishna Brurah 316:15 infers from the Rama that in a large box where one wouldn’t be able to catch the flies it is 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 flies left. </ref> | ||
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