And he said, What man... shall have one sheep? etc.

Such an act of mercy to. beast was allowed and usual then, but the Rabbins afterward, perhaps on account of this reply, forbade anything more than "to lay planks" so that the animal could come out of itself. The Talmud teaches: "An animal which had fallen into. well on the Sabbath is to be provided with food in that place, but if this is not possible,. bolster and cushion are to be laid, there whereby it can mount up; for torturing. beast is forbidden in the law."-- Schaff.

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