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Perek כ״א (א): Safeguards Around the Melachot
The Torah commands us to "rest" even from things that aren't technically labor, so the Chachamim added safeguards. This section covers rules built to keep us far from the forbidden labors: leveling the ground, climbing trees, riding animals, squeezing fruit, straining liquids, and chopping food fine. Along the way it also covers unloading an animal, which is allowed to spare it pain.