Mishnah
Mishnah

Related for Shabbat 18:2

חֲבִילֵי קַשׁ וַחֲבִילֵי עֵצִים וַחֲבִילֵי זְרָדִים, אִם הִתְקִינָן לְמַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה, מְטַלְטְלִין אוֹתָן. וְאִם לָאו, אֵין מְטַלְטְלִין אוֹתָן. כּוֹפִין אֶת הַסַּל לִפְנֵי הָאֶפְרוֹחִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעֲלוּ וְיֵרְדוּ. תַּרְנְגֹלֶת שֶׁבָּרְחָה, דּוֹחִין אוֹתָהּ עַד שֶׁתִּכָּנֵס. מְדַדִּין עֲגָלִין וּסְיָחִין בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים. אִשָּׁה מְדַדָּה אֶת בְּנָהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, אֵימָתַי, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֵל אַחַת וּמֵנִיחַ אַחַת, אֲבָל אִם הָיָה גוֹרֵר, אָסוּר:

Bundles of straw or bundles of wood or bundles of z'radim [moist tree shoots, cut for animal food] — if one had prepared them as animal food, they may be moved; if not, they may not be moved. A basket may be inverted for chicks, so that they can go up or go down. [And this is not considered voiding a vessel from its function, for the chicks do not remain standing on it. And according to the view that a vessel may not be moved except for the sake of another vessel that may be moved, the Mishnah is to be understood as speaking of an instance where the place of the vessel is needed.] A hen that ran away (from the house)] may be pushed [with one's hands] until it re-enters. [And only pushing is permitted, but not pulling; for a hen lifts itself from the ground, so that (by pulling) he will be found to have moved her. But geese and other birds may be pulled.] Calves and colts may be pulled in the public domain [by taking hold of their neck and sides and dragging them and assisting them and moving their legs]. A woman may pull her son. [She holds him by his arms from behind, and he moves his legs and walks.] R. Yehudah says: When is this so? When he picks one leg up and puts one down; but if he drags them, it is forbidden. [For then, she lifts him. Whenever R. Yehudah says "When is this so" in the Mishnah, he is not differing but explaining the words of the sages. Therefore, the halachah is in accordance with him.]

Tosefta Shabbat

The precepts were given to Israel for no reason other than for Israel to stay alive, for it is said of the precept, "Which if a man do, he shall live by them" (Lev. 18:5) - live by them and not die by them. Therefore, when there is danger to life, no precept is to be insisted on except those prohibiting idolatry, unchastity, and murder. When does the rule apply? Not in a time of religious persecution. But during a time of religious persecution, a man must be willing to give up his life even for the least demanding of precepts, as it is said, "You shall not profane My Holy Name - I am to be hallowed among the children of Israel" (Lev. 22:32).
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