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Talmud: Shmuel said: And with regard to the halakha taught in our Mishnah that a donkey may go out on Shabbat with its saddlecloth, that only applies to a case where it was tied to the animal from Friday. Rav Naḥman said: The wording of our Mishnah is also precise in support of Shmuel’s statement,
The Talmud clarifies the meaning of that Mishnah: What are the circumstances? If you say that the later Mishnah is referring to a case where the saddlecloth is not tied to the animal at all, that is obvious. There is concern lest the saddlecloth fall from the animal and its owner will come to bring
That was also taught in a baraita: A donkey may go out on Shabbat with its saddlecloth when it was tied to the animal from Friday, and it may not go out with the saddle, even though it was tied to the animal from Friday. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: The donkey may even go out with its saddle whe
Rav Asi bar Natan raised a dilemma before R' Ḥiyya bar Rav Ashi: What is the halakha with regard to placing a saddlecloth on a donkey on Shabbat in a private domain in order to warm the donkey with no intention to take it into the public domain? R' Ḥiyya bar Ashi said to him: It is permitted. Rav A
Rav Asi bar Natan thought that R' Ḥiyya was of the opinion that even a saddle may be placed on a donkey on Shabbat. He, therefore, raised an objection from a baraita: A saddle that is on a donkey on Shabbat, and its owner wishes to remove it, he may not move it with his hand to remove it; rather, h