Questions tagged [hotzaa-carrying-reshuyot]
The Melacha (forbidden work) of carrying an item from in a public domain or to and from diferrent domains on Shabbos
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Walking a dog on Shabbath for leisure
Is a dog owner allowed to walk their dog outside on The Shabbath Day for leisure purposes?
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Why does Maseches Shabbos focus so much on Hotza'ah/Carrying?
There are 39 Melachos on Shabbos, yet by far the most discussed in the Masechta is Hotza'ah/Carrying.
Is there a reason why so much focus is placed on this one Melacha vs. all the others?
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Gezerah Shema Yaverenu Daaled Amos- no megillah, lulav, or shofar on shabbos as a gezerah
Why is the Gezerah that maybe he will carry a lulav, shofar, megillah on shabbos for 4 amos in the Rishus Harabim? How did it get there? It should be gezerah that maybe he will take it out of the ...
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Could a modern eruv ever be satisfactory to the Rambam?
The Rambam in MT Shabbat 14:1 defines a Reshut HaRabbim as including not only roads and market squares but also wildernesses and forests. Commentators clarify the inclusion of wildernesses and ...
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May one transfer from one reshut hayachid to another?
It is forbidden to transfer on shabbat between a reshut hayachid and a reshut harabim, or 4 amot in a reshut harabim. Additionally, the Rabbinical law of eruv forbids transferring from houses into an ...
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Why specifically a fig on shabbos?
Why is a dried fig specifically the quantity one must carry to be liable on Shabbos? I would have thought the size of something functional - an olive, egg, or even a barley corn - would be the ...
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Why is the use of indoor plumbing allowed on shabbos? [duplicate]
Use of indoor plumbing on shabbos involves moving water or waste from/to public and private domains, which could involve a biblical prohibition of hotzoa. Why is this allowed on shabbos?
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Swallowing, carrying, and regurgitating objects in the stomach without an Eruv
In a sickening scenario, but out of pure Halachic speculation, can one swallow toy cars (or anything not Muktzeh), walk to a neighbor's house without an Eruv on Shabbos, and then regurgitate the toy ...
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Carrying inside a body without an Eruv
At what point are bodily fluids not considered part of a person and therefore become subject to the restrictions of carrying on Shabbos?
For example, if a doctor requires a urine sample on Shabbos, ...
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Drinking from a water fountain without an Eruv on Shabbos
Assuming a water fountain is unplugged, non-electric, or somehow operational without any Melachos involved (or one is swallowing rain drops), would one have any problem consuming food or liquid from ...
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Wearing a candy-bracelet tied using red string outside an Eruv on Shabbos
What are the Halachic ramifications of wearing a Western Wall red string (which people consider clothing) which has candies tied to it (like a candy-bracelet) on Shabbos outside an Eruv? Is it ...
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Why is the name Mekom P'tur indicative of being entirely permissible?
In the introduction to Tractate Shabbat in his Commentary to the Mishnah, Rambam writes:
אבל מקום פטור מותר להוציא ממנו לכל אחת משלש הרשיות ומהן אליו וזה מותר לכתחלה ולפיכך נקרא מקום פטור
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Shabbat Belt - is 2 belts acceptable under the following circumstances
A Chabad rabbi told me that even though I wear a normal belt, I can wear a secondary shabbos belt in the following way. I grab the back 2 tzitzit and bring them around and over the front 2 tzitzit and ...
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Why does the Mishnah use the terms poor person and homeowner when discussing carrying on Shabbat?
This first Mishna in Shabbat (2a) describes the transfer of an item from a private domain to a public domain. The Mishna describes the individuals involved in this transfer as
העני עומד בחוץ ובעל ...
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Why the lack of hesitance to wear pads on the sabbath?
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 301:13, and commentaries state that if a woman wears something only in order that her clothes don't get dirty from her menstrual blood, then that thing is not considered ...
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Apparent contradiction in the law of Hotza’ah (carrying) on shabbath
On Peninei Halakha halachot shabath about Hotza’ah it's written:
Many maintain that as long as one did not stop walking while in the
reshut ha-rabim, the prohibition is only rabbinic, because as ...
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Picking up kippah that blew off on shabbat in karmalit
A kippa has blown off someone's head on shabbat in an area without an eruv. The kippa is now on the ground. How should one respond? Would the same apply to dropped gloves or key belts etc.
Pick it up ...
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Does a Shli'ach for carrying adopt the sender's designation of the item?
Mishnah Shabbos 10,1 says about מלאכת הוצאה:
"הַמַּצְנִיעַ לְזֶרַע וּלְדֻגְמָא וְלִרְפוּאָה, וְהוֹצִיאוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת, חַיָּב בְּכָל שֶׁהוּא. וְכָל אָדָם אֵין חַיָּב עָלָיו אֶלָּא כְשִׁעוּרוֹ.: &...
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Shabbat key braces (suspenders)
I figure that this is a fairly straightforward question: does anyone make braces (American: suspenders) which serve the same purpose as a Shabbat belt ?
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What is the case of a burning thrown object?
The mishnah in Shabbos (102a) states that if one throws an object on Shabbos, forgetting that it's Shabbos, and it never reaches its intended target, he is not liable. One of the examples given is an ...
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Different things falling through the air
Rava has a question: What is the halacha regarding something which you throw through a house, that goes in one window and out the other? Do we say that something that passes through the house's ...
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Does an עירוב turn the area into a רשות היחיד for נזיקין?
As far as I understand it, an עירוב (for carrying on Shabbat) works because it turns the whole area within it into one big רשות היחיד. Now if this is the case, do the laws of רשות היחיד for נזיקין ...
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Why is having dust on your skin not considered carrying on Shabbos?
If the prohibition on carrying on Shabbos can apply even to extra saliva in one's mouth,* why doesn't it apply to the many extremely small things that are inevitably on one's person, such as dust?
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Carrying under second story deck
I recently spent Shabbos in an area where there was no community eiruv. The house I stayed in had a deck that one could walk out onto from the second story of the house. The deck was enclosed by walls ...
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May a woman wear a jeweled key pin on Shabbat in an area that has no eruv?
A story / question relayed to me by my sister in law...
One of her friends lived in an area that had no eruv. She had heard that men were allowed to wear key tie tacks on Shabbat as a way to "carry" ...
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Is one allowed to wear a head lamp on Shabbat?
On Lail Shabbat (Fri. night) Someone attends a shul that is some distance away from his home. The way home has no street lighting or other form of lighting (e.g. no full moon and few houses).
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Selling contents of car trunk for Pesach
Would it be acceptable to put chometzdik items in the trunk of one's car, and then sell the contents of the trunk to a non-Jew before Pesach? Assume one would not open the trunk during Pesach, but ...
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Why do the seder on shabbos?
When Purim that falls out on shabbos we do not read the Meggila.
When Rosh hashana falls out on shabbos we dont blow shofar.
When Succos is on shabbos we dont shake lulav.
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Can a public road include an underground area below it to qualify as a Reshut Harabim?
On Shabbat, one may not carry in a Reshut Harabim. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 81:2 says that there is an opinion that a road not having at least 600,000 people passing by it daily would not be considered ...
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Reshus Horabim Today?
The most lenient shita for a reshus horabim i have ever heard of is that 600,000 people must pass on the road EVERY day.
Do any roads with daily CAPACITY for 600,000 people exist today?
Do any roads ...
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Can Sefardim carry in Monsey, NY?
Monsey, NY has an eiruv that most Ashkenazim that live in the area hold by. I have heard that sefardim cannot hold by the eiruv in Monsey, NY. Is this true and if so why?
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Why isn't wearing two belts a problem with protecting clothing?
As per Shulchan Aruch OC 301:13, one is not allowed to wear/carry a garment whose sole purpose is to protect other clothing that he is wearing ("אצולי טינוף"), though if those also protect the wearer ...
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Why isn't כל הכשר להצניע… in שלחן ערוך?
The seventh chapter of mishnayos Shabas has this general rule ("כלל"):
Whatever is fit for storing and people store that [amount of it], and he carried it out on Shabas, he's liable therefor to ...
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Why was Joshua allowed to break Shabbat in attacking Yericho?
In Joshua 6 the Jews marched around Jericho, thereby attacking it.
Why was Joshua allowed to break the Shabbat e.g carrying their weapons in a public domain when attacking Yericho?
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Does חי נושא את עצמו apply only when the human being is conscious?
The concept Gemoro Shabbos 94a that חי נושא את עצמו -
a living being “carries itself” - means that someone who carries a living being out on Shabbos unwittingly is not liable to bring a sin offering.
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Did manna fall on yontif?
For kiddush on yontif we use two challot. We did not collect manna on Shabbat because of carrying. But carrying is allowed on yontif. Does that mean that manna did not fall on yontif?
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Feather in hat on shabbas
Can one go out in the street on shabbas(without an eiruv) with a hat that has a feather or pin in the ribbon?
Is it considered a masuaei (load)?
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"The סיפא is about a coin." But so is the רישא! (שבת דף ס״ה)
The mishna Shabas, daf 65 in the Bavli:
Medeans [may go out on Shabas] with p'rifa. Anyone [may], but the rabbis spoke about what occurs.
That is, Medeans do p'rifa, so the rabbis mentioned that ...
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Why is a shepherd's sack better than a treasuress's ring?
The Bavli, Shabas 62 amud 1, as explained by Rashi, continues a long discussion regarding what objects are considered clothing (or adornments), so may be worn outside (an eruv) on Shabas, and what ...
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Carrying a pocket handkerchief on Shabas
The general rule is that one cannot go outside (an eruv) on Shabas with something unless it is a garment or "adornment" ("תכשיט", like jewelry), or part of a garment or adornment. There are many ...
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Why do women wear ponytail elastics on Shabas?
So I was studying the start of Bame Isha in the Bavli (Shabas 57), and it seems a woman can't wear a tight strap or string in her hair outside (of an eruv) on Shabas (lest she remove it out of doors ...
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Can you carry an object from the step outside your house inside your house?
According to the laws of carrying on shabbos one may not carry from one domain to another aside from a makom petur ("exempt area"). A makom petur is less that 4X4 handbreadths and more than three ...
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Why "ומייתי להו בשגגה" for a סולם and not for other equipment?
The fifth chapter of Shabas in the Bavli discusses various things an animal can wear in the street on Shabas. Some of them are forbidden because the item may fall off the animal and a person may come ...
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Is one allowed to carry an object through an opposite force on Shabbos?
Say one had a strong magnetic force attached to his shoe in a way that was not considered carrying.
Would he be able to point his shoe in a Reshus Harabim and move something with opposite magnetic ...
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What are the opinions on carrying medicine/medical devices on Shabbat?
Specifically, I'm curious about situations where it's not immediately apparent that it'll be necessary. For example: you don't know whether or not you'll need an epipen when you leave the house, but ...
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How to carry something with a shinuy
In certain instances, a person who must carry something with them on Shabbos is allowed to do so, but should try to do it by way of shinuy (שינוי), a way different from the norm, in order to minimize ...
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Yarmulke fell off outside of the eiruv?
This past Shabbos, I was walking with some friends for an aufruf in another part of town. Where we started from had an eiruv, and where we were going had an eiruv, but there was an area in between ...
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Can one carry a child outside an eruv on Shabbat?
If one is on a walk on Shabbat with a small child in an area without an eruv, and the child gets tired, is one allowed to carry the child? For the purpose of answering this question, assume that the ...
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Why is it permissible to flush a toilet on Shabbat?
I have been reluctant to ask this question on this website because it sounds so ridiculous, but as Hillel said in Avot 2:6 "one who is bashful cannot learn" so here goes...
Why is it permissible to ...
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Transferring discrete "kippah clips" between domains on Shabbat, if the clips are NOT sewn to the kippah
A) Imagine the following: It is Shabbat, and I am using spring-loaded hair clips or bobby pins to attach a kippah to my hair. The clips or pins are NOT sewn to the kippah: instead, they are discrete ...
