Commentary for Shabbat 105:10

דכולי עלמא מיהת מרדעת מותר מאי שנא מאוכף שאני התם דאפשר דנפיל ממילא

is in order to cool it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When it becomes overheated through its burden. But in any case an ass cools very rapidly. ');">¹⁷</span> Where it needs warming it suffers; but where it needs cooling it does not. And thus people say: An ass feels cold even in the summer solstice.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tammuz is the fourth month of the Jewish year, generally corresponding to mid June-July. ');">¹⁸</span>

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