Responsa for Bava Metzia 64:12
אי הכי אימא סיפא בהמת ישראל ומשאוי עובד כוכבים עזב תעזב ואי בטעינה אמאי עזב תעזב משום צערא דישראל
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Is a Jew permitted to milk a cow on the Sabbath?
A. No, but because of the danger to the cow in not being milked, one is permitted to tell a Gentile to milk it and keep the milk for himself.
SOURCES: Cr. 182; Pr. 49, 638; Hag. Mord. Shabb. 466; cf. Shaare Teshubah (Geonic Responsa), 221; Asheri Shabb. 18, 3; ibid. B.M. 2, 29.
A. No, but because of the danger to the cow in not being milked, one is permitted to tell a Gentile to milk it and keep the milk for himself.
SOURCES: Cr. 182; Pr. 49, 638; Hag. Mord. Shabb. 466; cf. Shaare Teshubah (Geonic Responsa), 221; Asheri Shabb. 18, 3; ibid. B.M. 2, 29.
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