considered trapping as no difference to the insect's 'trappable' status has occurred. I.e. it was as easy or difficult to trap it now as when the door was open. This creates practical questions such as: "May a fly be trapped under a cup on Shabbat?" The Meno Netziv says that an animal that is not normally trapped (e.g. a fly, or a lizard) is not covered under the Torah prohibition of trapping. It is however, a rabbinic prohibition to do so, therefore one is not allowed to trap the animal. However, if one is afraid of the animal because of its venomous nature or that it might have rabies, one may trap it. If life or limb is threatened, it may be trapped and even killed if absolutely necessary. Animals which are considered too slow-moving to be 'free' are not included in this category, as trapping them does not change their legal status of being able to grab them in 'one hand swoop' (a term used by the Rambam to define this law). A snail, tortoise, etc. may therefore be confined as they can be grabbed just as easily whether they are in an enclosure or unhindered in the wild. For these purposes trapping them serves no change to their legal status regarding their 'ease of capture,' and they are termed legally pre-trapped due to their nature. Trapping is therefore seen not as a 'removal of liberty,' which caging even such a slow moving creature would be, but rather the confining of a creature to make it easier to capture in one's hand. Laying traps violates a rabbinic prohibition regardless of what the trap is, as this is a normal method of trapping a creature. See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbat 10:15; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 317; Chayei Adam Shabbos 30 Killing Hebrew: (Shoḥet) Definition: Ending a creature's life, whether through slaughter or any other method. See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbat 11:1–4; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 316; Chayei Adam Shabbos 31 Flaying/skinning Hebrew: (Maphshit) Definition: Removing the hide from the body of a dead animal. (Removing skin from a live creature would fall under shearing.) See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbat 11:5–6, 22:1–10; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 321, 327; Chayei Adam Shabbos 32 Curing/preservation Hebrew: (Me'abaid); sometimes referred to as "Salting" (Mole'aḥ) Definition: Preserving any item to prevent spoiling for a long period of time. The list of activities in the Mishna