<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">MBY 316:1-12 Forbidden and Permissible Trapping (abridged)<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">[Based heavily upon <u>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch</u>: 80:52-53 and 87:20-21, “Metsudah” edition, with notes, </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis]<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">Insects<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">80:52) It is forbidden even to <b>catch a flea</b> on Shabbos.<span> </span>But if it is on your body and it is biting you, </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">since it causes you <b>physical discomfort</b>, it may be removed and thrown away.<span> </span>It is forbidden to <b>kill</b> it, </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">because it is forbidden to kill any living creature on Shabbos.<span> </span>(<b>Footnote #162:</b> In a place where many ants </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">are found, one must be careful not to step on them - <i>Shulchan Aruch Harav</i> 316:21.) <u><b>Lice, however, since </b></u></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><b><u>they are created only by perspiration, are permitted to be killed</u>.</b><b> </b> Nevertheless, those found in clothing must </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">not be killed; rather, they should be removed and thrown away.<span> </span>(<b>Footnote #163:</b> Because fleas are found </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">there too and you may come to kill a flea - <i>Magen Avraham</i>)<span> </span>Only lice found in the head may be killed.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">80:53) You must take care when <b>closing a box</b> or vessel in which there are <b>flies</b>, to let them fly out first, </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">because when you close it they will be trapped there. However, it is not necessary to examine the box </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">to see that none are left; it is sufficient to chase away those you see.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">The above statement regarding lice created only by perspiration has been disproven and is no longer controversial. </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">Would the above halacha permitting lice to be killed therefore be invalid? Or does any halacha which has been proven</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000">to be based on faulty information still have to remain? (lo plug) </font></span></div></body></html>