Questions tagged [melacha-erasing]
erasing letters; one of the 39 categories of forbidden work on Shabbat or holidays
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Can you crack and roll a boiled egg on Shabbat, even if the rolling will tear the letters printed on the egg?
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In an article, Rabbi Gil Student writes that, on Shabbat:
The Mishnah Berurah (340:17) and other authorities ... permit eating cake with letters. However, they do not permit cutting ...
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Is one allowed to wear a tallit that has writing on the collar on Shabbat or Yom Tov?
Many of the large tallitot contain writing on the atarah ("collar"). Is one allowed to unfold or fold such a tallit on Shabbat or Yom Tov?
When unfolding, one is putting words together - is that a ...
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Alphabet soup on Shabbat or Yom Tov?
May one at alphabet soup on Shabbat / Yom Tov?
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Alphabet noodles possibly forming words - writing?
Eating letters - erasing? By comparison, I understand that if a cake has letters on it, ...
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How is scraping a leaf erasure? (שבת נ ע״ב)
The Bavli, Shabas 50 amud 2 says (according to Rashi's understanding) that one can stick a knife between tightly foliated leaves on a branch on Shabas. Rashi explains:
ואין חוששין שמא יגרור הקליפה ...
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Erasing part of a letter on Shabbos
Erasing letters on Shabbos is only prohibited min HaTorah (from the Torah) when it's being done in order to write new letters. However if it's not being erased in order to write new letters then the ...
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Removing dirt from Sefer Torah on Shabbos
In SA OC Siman 340 in the Taz Sif-Katan 1 and brought in M"B Sif-Katan 10 that one shouldn't remove wax from on top of an ois (letter) in a Sefer because of the issur of "erasing" (mechika). The Biur ...
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Does closing a browser with His name count as a sin? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hashems name on device
Is it permissible to erase the name of G-d from an E-reader?
What are the practical limits of shaimos in the common era?
Forgive me if I get some of ...
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Is using a book with letters stamped on the sides melacha (erasing) if the book wasn't closed in the first place?
A comment on this question points to the following from OU:
Likewise, when words are stamped on the edge of a book (as is the case with most library books), these letters are separated when the ...
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In regards to writing, can soda bottles be opened on Shabbos?
Specifically, when the writing - such as an expiration date - is printed in dot matrix style across the line between the bottle cap and the bottle cap's ring, what are the issues involved in opening ...
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