Chapter V

CHAPTER V.

§ 1. Wherewith may [a man let] an animal go out? 1a and wherewith may [he] not [let] it go out? The camel [he] may [let] go out with its halter, the she camel with a nose-ring; the Lybian ass with bridle and bit; the horse with its collar; all [animals] that wear a collar may go out therewith, and be led thereby; [in case it, the collar, becomes unclean] it must be rinsed, and dipped in its place [without taking it off.]

§ 2. The ass goes out with its rug [while it is tied on him]. He-goats may go out with a leather bandage round their privates; sheep with their tails fastened up or down, and with wrapper; 2 sire-goats

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with their udders tied up. R. Jose prohibits all these, excepting the sheep with wrapper. R. Jehudah saith, "She-goats may go out with their udders tied up, if [this be done] to dry [up the milk], but not if it be done to [preserve the] milk."

§ 3. Wherewith may [a man] not [let] animals go out? The camel must not go out with a rag tied to its tail, 3 nor with its legs strapped, 4 nor with its fore and hind-legs fastened together; 5 this [applies] to all domestic animals. A man must not fasten camels together and lead them, but he may hold the [different] ropes in his hand, only [taking care] that they do not get twisted. 6

§ 4. An ass must not go out with its rug that had not been fastened on [before the Sabbath], nor with a bell, although it be muffled, nor with a wooden frame-work round its neck, 7 nor with a strap to its legs. Hens must not go out with cords 8 tied on them, nor with straps to their feet. Rams must not go out with go-carts to their tails; 9 nor sheep with sneezing-wood; 10 nor calves with a reed-yoke; 11 nor a cow with the skin of a hedgehog tied to her udders, 12 nor with a strap between her horns. The cow of R. Eleazar hen Azariah went out [on the Sabbath] with a strap between her horns, which was against the consent of the sages.

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