Unloading and Loading

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If you see your fellow Israelite’s ass or ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it; you must raise it together.

Deuteronomy 22:4

Rather, it is obvious that the verse is referring to a Jew who hates you. But is one permitted to hate a fellow Jew? But isn’t it written: “You shall not hate your brother in your heart” (Leviticus 19:17), which clearly prohibits the hatred of another Jew? Rather, perhaps you will say that the verse is referring to a situation where there are witnesses that he performed a sin. However, in that case, everyone else should also hate him. What is different about this particular person who hates him? Rather…

Pesachim 113b:5-6

The Gemara suggests: Come and hear proof from a baraita: If one encounters a friend whose animal collapsed and it is necessary to unload its burden, and one also encounters an enemy who needs assistance to load a burden onto his animal, the mitzva is to assist the enemy, in order to subjugate one’s evil inclination. The Gemara reasons: And if it enters your mind that the requirement to prevent suffering to animals is by Torah law, that option, to unload his friend’s animal…

Bava Metzia 32b:16

(Devarim 22:4) "You shall not see the ass of your brother or his ox fallen on the way and ignore them; lift up shall you lift up with him." "You shall not see the ass of your brother": This is a negative commandment. And elsewhere it is written (Shemoth 23:5) "If you see, etc.": That is a positive commandment. This tells me only of "the ass of your brother." Whence do I derive (the same for) the ass of your foe? From (Shemoth 23:5) "the ass of your foe." If so, why is it written (here) "your brother"? Scripture (there) speaks anent the evil inclination (i.e…

Sifrei Devarim 225:1-5

If one unloaded a burden from an animal collapsing under its weight and then later loaded it onto the animal, and later unloaded and loaded it again, even if this scenario repeats itself four or five times, he is obligated to continue unloading and loading, as it is stated: “If you see the donkey of him that hates you collapsed under its burden, you shall forgo passing him by; you shall release it [azov ta’azov] with him” (Exodus 23:5)…

Bava Metzia 32a:6-32b:1

The commandment of removing a burden: To remove a burden from upon the donkey that is weary from its burden upon the way, as it is stated (Exodus 23:5), “If you see the donkey of your enemy, etc.” — and the understanding of this enemy, is [another Jew]. And even though it is written (Leviticus 19:17), “Do not hate your brother in your heart,” which [refers to a Jew] — the Sages said (Pesachim 113b) that this matter is for example that he saw him commit a sin privately, and he warned [the one sinning] but [the sinner] did not yield, such that he is [then] permitted to hate him…

Sefer HaChinukh 80:1-2

When a person encounters two individuals: one whose donkey is fallen under its load and one with a donkey whose burden has been unloaded, but who cannot find anyone to help him reload it, it is a mitzvah to unload the fallen donkey first, because of the discomfort suffered by the animal. Afterwards, he should reload the other animal.
When does the above apply? When the two people he encounters are both friends or both enemies. If, however, the one whose donkey must be reloaded is an enemy and the other is a friend, it is a mitzvah for the passerby to reload his enemy's donkey first…

Mishneh Torah, Murderer and the Preservation of Life 13:13-14

The Gemara asks: And why does the Torah need to write the compound verb form to teach the obligation in the owner’s absence with regard to unloading and why does the Torah need to write the compound verb form to teach the obligation in the owner’s absence with regard to loading the animal? The Gemara answers: They are both necessary, as had the Merciful One written this halakha only with regard to unloading, I would say that one is obligated to unload the animal even when the owner is not present…

Bava Metzia 31a:21-23

What is meant by Thou hast established equity (ibid.)? R. Alexandri explained it as follows: Two mules are being led along a road by men who despise each other. Suddenly, one of the mules falls to the ground. As the one who is leading the second mule passes by, he sees the mule of the other man stretched out beneath his load, and he says to himself: “Is it not written in the law that If thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass him by; thou shalt verily release it for him (Exod…

Midrash Tanchuma, Mishpatim 1:2

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