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inside such an enclosure whose trapping is inadequate, meaning that the enclosure is large and contains hiding places so that it is still necessary to pursue and apprehend the animal, it is prohibited for one to catch it; and with regard to any animal whose trapping is not inadequate, as it is pos
Talmud: And the Talmud raises a contradiction from what is stated in the Tosefta: From enclosures of animals and of birds, one may not trap animals or birds on a Festival, nor may one place food before them. This is difficult due to a contradiction between the ruling with regard to an animal in th
The Talmud resolves the first contradiction: Granted, with regard to the contradiction between the ruling concerning an animal in the Mishnah and the ruling concerning an animal in the Tosefta, it is not difficult, because this, the baraita that prohibits trapping and feeding animals in the enclo
As we learned in a Mishnah: R' Yehuda says: One who drives and traps a bird into a closet or a deer into a house is liable. The Talmud infers from this: It is only if he traps the animal into a house that he is liable, but if he traps it into an enclosure, he is not liable. And the Rabbis say: On
However, concerning the contradiction between the ruling with regard to birds in the Mishnah and the ruling with regard to birds in the Tosefta, it is difficult, as all agree that they may not be caught, even in one’s house. And if you say that this contradiction is also not difficult, because th