Mitzvah in a Minute (Mishpatim) Helping an animal in distress (teinah u-perika)

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May 11 2021
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Gemara:
Bava Metzia 
Halacha:
Animals 
Parsha:
Ki Teitzei,  Mishpatim 

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References: Bava Metzia: 31a ,  Bava Metzia: 31b ,  Bava Metzia: 32a ,  Bava Metzia: 32b  

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Why do we have to help load or unload an animal? Is it out of concern for animal welfare or out of concern for other human beings? Should it be understood as one of the ethical laws, or as a law about preserving health?

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Francine Lashinsky and Dr. Alexander & Meryl Weingarten in memory of Dr. Alvin M. Lashinsky, Avraham ben Mayer Hakohen, z"l on the occasion of his 15th yahrzeit on the 19th of Kislev, for a refuah shlemah for Rivka bas Reizel, and in honor of their children Mark, Michael, Julie, Marnie and Michelle, and in the zechut of  the chayalim