Negative Commandment 113 (Digest)
Doing Work with Animal Designated for Sacrifice
"You shall not do any work with the firstborn of your ox"—Deuteronomy 15:19.
It is forbidden to do work with an animal designated for sacrifice [e.g., to use the animal to plow or to transport a load].
And the 113th prohibition is that we are forbidden from doing work with sanctified animals.
The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement, "Do not work with your firstborn ox."
[This verse speaks only about the firstborn animals, but] we derive the prohibition from working with all sanctified animals from the law of the firstborn.
It has been explained in the end of tractate Makkos that one who works with a sanctified animal is punished by lashes.
Rabbi Berel Bell is a well-known educator, author and lecturer. He and his family reside in Montreal, Canada.
From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by
Sichos in English.
Translation of (the unabridged text of) Sefer Hamitzvot by Rabbi Berel Bell, member of the Rabbinical Court of Montreal and director of Teacher Training for the Jewish Learning Institute.
From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by
Sichos in English.