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Shabbos Chart #22

Shabbos Daf 155a

PREPARING ANIMAL FODDER ON SHABBOS
  (A)
RAV HUNA(1) 		(B)
RAV YEHUDAH(2)
"PEKI'IN"
(BUNDLES OF HAY TIED
WITH 2 ROPES)
1a)
1b) 		OPENING
SPREADING 		Yes
Yes 		Yes(3)
No
"KIFIN"
(RAV HUNA: HAY TIED WITH 3 ROPES
RAV YEHUDAH: CEDAR TWIGS)
2a)
2b) 		OPENING
SPREADING 		Yes
Yes 		Yes
Yes
"ZIRIN"
(RAV HUNA: CEDAR TWIGS
RAV YEHUDAH: HAY TIED WITH 3 ROPES
3a)
3b) 		OPENING
SPREADING 		No
No 		Yes(3)(4)
No
4) CHARUVIN, ACCORDING TO
R. YEHUDAH IN OUR MISHNAH 		Gasah only Dakah only
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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) Rav Huna maintains that it is permitted to exert effort in preparing food for animals on Shabbos, but it is prohibited to do an act which makes an item into a food (that is, making an inedible item fit for the animal to eat).
(2) Rebbi Yehudah maintains that it is permitted to make an inedible item into food for the animal on Shabbos, but it is prohibited to exert effort to make the food easier to eat or more attractive to the animal.
(3) Even though Rav Huna considers hay tied with two ropes to be food before it is opened, Rebbi Yehudah argues and maintains that it is *not* considered food and therefore it is permitted to untie it (Rashi). Alternatively, it is permitted because opening bundles of hay tied with two ropes (a) involves no exertion of effort, and also (b) the hay is considered food before it is opened; therefore, everyone agrees that they may be opened on Shabbos (Tosfos DH Rebbi Yehudah).
(4) We have followed the explanation of RASHI. According to the text of the RIF, however, opening the "Zirin" is also *prohibited*. Bundles tied with rope are already considered to be food before it they are opened, as we see from the words of Rav Huna (with regard to "Peki'in" and "Kifin") and to untie the three ropes is considered exerting extra effort and is prohibited. However, Rebbi Yehudah permits untying "Peki'in" which are tied with only two ropes. Untying two ropes is apparently not considered exerting extra effort (as Tosfos said, see end of footnote 3 above).

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