Cow Observing Sabbath

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 312

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

312. Cow Observing Sabbath. Pesikta R. ch. XIV. Ben Atar, No. 10, f.

27b.

Midr. Decalogue IV, 5. Yalk. Sip. II, p. 142. Maase Buch No. 209. Helvicus, Historien, I, ch. 32, p. 134. Eisenmenger I, p. 422. Tendlau, Fellmeier,

No. 6.

Ben Gorion II, p. 92, 342.

Cod. G. 28, f. 678.

Themes

Wisdom Shabbat Sabbath Nations Issachar

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