The Torah Cares About Something an Animal Only Imagines | 10@9 | 2026.08.21

The Torah prohibits plowing with an ox and a donkey together. Why? Tosafot offers a remarkable explanation: because the two animals digest their food differently, the donkey may see the ox still chewing and imagine that the ox was given more food. The donkey wasn't actually deprived - but it may feel that it was. That means the Torah's concern for an animal goes remarkably far. It includes not…