Commentary for Avodah Zarah 30:8
ואין מוסרין בהמה לרועה שלהן ואין מייחדין עמהם ואין מוסרין להם תינוק ללמדו ספר וללמדו אומנות אבל מעמידין בהמה בפונדקאות של כותים זכרים אצל נקבות ונקבות אצל זכרים ואין צ"ל זכרים אצל זכרים ונקבות אצל נקבות
One may however place cattle in inns kept by Samaritans even male-cattle with women and female-cattle with men, and it goes without saying that males with males and females with females are permitted; so also may one hand over cattle to one of their shepherds and be alone with them, or hand over a child to them to be educated or to be taught a trade.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Abaye uses this long baraita as a (somewhat convoluted) difficulty on Rabbah. The baraita shows that Samaritans are not suspected of bestiality, nor are they suspected of a few other crimes. But nevertheless, there is a custom not to sell them small animals. And when it comes to large animals, the law is always stricter, as we saw in the Mishnah. Abaye thinks it is prohibited to sell large animals to Samaritans because they would sell it to idolaters. So how can Rabbah sell an animal to a Jew known to sell to idolaters?
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