Must one protest when a non-Jew picks grass and feeds a Jew's animal on his own initiative?
Synopsis
If a non-Jew occasionally picks grass and feeds a Jew's animal on his own initiative (without being asked), one need not protest. But if this becomes a regular pattern, one must protest because it appears like subterfuge.
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