א"ל רב אדא בר אהבה לרבא והא דתנן בן בתירא מתיר בסוס ותניא בן בתירא מתיר בסוס מפני שהוא עושה בו מלאכה שאין חייבין עליו חטאת ואמר רבי יוחנן בן בתירא ורבי נתן אמרו דבר אחד ואי אמרת דלא פליגי רבנן עליה דר' נתן אלא בבהמה חיה ועוף משום דמשרבטי נפשייהו מאי איריא בן בתירא ורבי נתן והאמרת אפילו רבנן מודו כי א"ר יוחנן בסוס המיוחד לעופות ומי איכא סוס המיוחד לעופות אין איכא (דבי וייאדן
even the Rabbis agree. R. Adda b. Ahabah observed to Raba, But as to what we learnt: Ben Bathyra permits [it] in the case of a horse.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One may not sell his cattle to a Gentile, because they are used for ploughing, and thereby lose the Sabbath rest to which they are entitled (v. Ex. XX, 10). Horses, however, were not used for ploughing in Mishnaic times, but merely for riding.
');"><sup>7</sup></span> And it was taught: Ben Bathyra permits [it] in the case of a horse, because it is employed for work which does not entail liability to a sin-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Riding being only Rabbinically prohibited.
');"><sup>8</sup></span> And R. Johanan observed, Ben Bathyra and R. Nathan said the same thing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. that it is not a labour to carry a living being, because it carries itself.
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Jerusalem Talmud Pesachim
“Ben Bathyra permits horses.” Rebbi Jehudah said this only about a male horse because it kills [its owner] in war. Some say, because it runs after a female, and some say, because it stands still to urinate. What is between them? A gelding. He who says because it runs after a female, [this one] does not run after a female. He who says because it stands still to urinate, this one also stands still to urinate. Rebbi Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Tanḥum bar Ḥiyya: If it gets old he binds it to the grindstone. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun in the name of Rebbi Ḥuna: Ben Bathyra and Rebbi Nathan both said the same, as it was stated: “If he carried domestic animals, wild animals, or birds, whether alive or dead, he is liable. Rebbi Nathan says, dead he is liable, alive he is not liable.” The rabbis hold that he is liable for a purification sacrifice and they answer him so? They answer following his own argument. Following your argument, since you are saying because of rabbinic Sabbath prohibition, also we hold that if it gets old he binds it to the grindstone. Rebbi says, I am saying that it is forbidden for two reasons, as a weapon and as a large animal. It was stated so: A large wild animal is like a large domestic animal. Who stated this? Rebbi. The words of the Sages: Rebbi Bisna, Ḥanin bar Abba in the name of Rav: A wild animal is like a small domestic animal.
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