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AVODAH ZARAH 16
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SUMMARY

1. There is a disagreement about whether one is permitted to sell shields to Nochrim.
 
2. Rebbi Yehudah permits one to sell a large animal to a Nochri if it has a broken limb, because it cannot be healed.
 
3. Ben Beseirah permits one to sell a horse to a Nochri. It is used for riding, which is a not a Melachah for which there is a Chiyuv Chatas.
 
4. Rebbi prohibits selling a horse because it is used in battle. It is sometimes used for a Melachah which is a Chiyuv Chatas.
 
5. There is a doubt about whether one may sell an ox to a Nochri if it had been fattened for Shechitah.
 
6. It is forbidden to sell to Nochrim bears, lions or anything else that has the potential to cause public damage.
 
7. A small Chayah shares the same status as a small Behemah with regard to the need for its leg to move back and forth after Shechitah.
 
8. There is a disagreement about whether a large Chayah may be sold to a Nochri.
 
9. It is forbidden to build a castle for a Nochri king if will be used to carry out death sentences.

A BIT MORE

1. According to one opinion, one may not sell shields to Nochrim, because when they run out of weapons they use their shields as a weapon. According to the other opinion, one is permitted to sell shields to Nochrim, because when they run out of weapons they run away, and they do not use their shields as weapons.
 
2. The Nochri likely bought the animal with intention to slaughter it. Therefore, it will not be seen by another Jew in the home of the Nochri. However, the Rabanan prohibit selling it to a Nochri, because he may keep the animal in order to use it for breeding. There is also a concern that another Jew will see the animal in the home of the Nochri and he will think that one is permitted to sell animals to Nochrim.
 
3. Carrying a person is not a Melachah, because a live person "carries himself."
 
4. A horse can be trained to trample a person who falls in war. Furthermore, when a horse ages it is used for grinding wheat, which is a Melachah for which there is a Chiyuv Chatas.
 
5. Rebbi Yehudah permits one to sell and animal with a broken limb to a Nochri because it cannot heal. However, perhaps he would prohibit selling a fattened ox which eventually could do work. The Rabanan prohibit selling an animal with a broken limb because it has not been designated for Shechitah. However, perhaps they would permit selling a fattened ox, which was designated for Shechitah.
 
6. Rabah bar Ula maintains that if a lion has been tamed and poses no danger, one may sell it to a Nochri if it has a broken leg, according to Rebbi Yehudah, who rules that a large animal may be sold if it is incapable of doing Melachah. Rav Ashi maintains that, according to Rebbi Yehudah, one may sell it even when it does not have a broken leg, since a lion is incapable of doing Melachah.
 
7. A small animal which was in danger of dying which was slaughtered may be eaten only if its leg moves back and forth after Shechitah. Otherwise, it is has the status of an animal which died prior to Shechitah. The same is true about a large Chayah.
 
8. According to Rav, a small Chayah may never be sold to a Nochri. Rav Chanan bar Rav maintains that a small Chayah shares the same status as a small Behemah. In a place where the Minhag is to allow a small animal to be sold to a Nochri, one is permitted to sell a large Chayah to a Nochri as well.
 
9. If the castle will be used only for the residence of the king, one is permitted to build it.

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