신명기 11:15의 유대 사상

And in the chapter [entitled] HaNizakin (62a:16): Rav Yehuda said that Rav says, "It is prohibited for a person to taste anything until he gives food to his animal, as it is stated: And I will give grass in the field for your animals (Deuteronomy 11:15); and afterward: and you shall eat and be satisfied. To here [is the passage]. The explanation of this thing is that it is like you will find in the creation — that God, may He be blessed, first created animals and afterward created man. So, too, is it fitting in the order of sustenance that the sustenance of animals be before the sustenance of people. And when this is not done, one changes the orderings of creation. And that is why it is written: And I will give grass in your field; and afterward: and you shall eat and be satisfied. And that which the creation of animals was before the creation of people is because something that is not so raised is actualized before something that is more raised. So certainly, the grass grows before the fruit tree. And hence, the animals, which do not have the level of the intellect, were actualized before man. And it should not be asked: Behold the sun and the moon were also created before the animals; and, if so, they are lesser! This is not a difficulty since the intention is only about those created in one day, such that the lesser creation is before the more raised. And this matter is also the case with sustenance. For man is sustained with a unique sustenance, human sustenance, whereas animals are sustained according to what is fitting for animals. And certainly sustenance that is not unique should be before sustenance which is unique sustenance. That is why it is written: And I will give grass in your field; and afterward: and you shall eat and be satisfied. For grass precedes in time that which is the sustenance of man. So if he does not give the animal its sustenance, it is as if he was removing the animal's sustenance. For God, may He be blessed, made the nourishment of animals incumbent upon man, as we said. And hence, it is prohibited for a person to taste anything until he gives food to his animal. So this is clear.