Questions tagged [muktzeh]
Muktzeh (מוקצה) lit. "set aside". Objects whose movement on Shabbat or Yom Tov is rabbinically prohibited.
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Parole GPS monitor on Shabbos
Someone who was just released from jail. He is still serving parole and must wear a GPS monitor around his ankle.
1) Is the GPS monitor able to be worn on Shabbos? And if yes;
2) Is it allowed to be ...
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Is a Digital Clock muktzeh on Shabbos?
This question occurred to me over Shabbos, when my clock fell over. What Muktzeh category does a digital alarm clock fall into? If it has a backup battery, does that change anything?
Additionally, if ...
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Can seforim be muktze on tish'a b'av that falls on shabbos?
If tish'a b'av were to fall on shabbos, would the sections of Torah prohibited for study on tish'a b'av cause the seforim in which they are found to be muktze? If in a given sefer there are ...
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Are electrical wires Muktzeh?
Are electrical wires Muktzeh? For example, I keep a few chargers for my mobile devices on my desk.
If so, what category of Muktzeh do they go under?
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Can one take out trash cans to the street on Yom Tov?
I know that trash is generally accepted as muktze, though can be moved due to 'graf shel rei'.
Is one allowed to take the trash cans out to the street on Shabbos and Yom Tov to the street for pickup?
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What is involved in moving items for the purpose of a non-Jew on Yom-Tov?
A ball comes over the fence from the non-Jewish neighbours on Yom Tov. Are there any halachic problems involved in returning the ball if there is an eruv in the area?
In the back of my mind I know I ...
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What if you don't know whether something became muktzeh between twilight and nightfall?
I am vaguely aware that there are certain cases in which an otherwise non-muktzeh object may become muktzeh, i.e., by being on a certain base during twilight on Friday night. But if you don't know ...
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Can something be muktzeh to one person but not another?
The question title says it all. In what sorts of cases, if any, could an item be muktzeh to one adult Jew but not to another?
If you designate something for your own use before Shabbos, I think it ...
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Why is a suka forbidden for other uses all the eighth day, but an esrog is permitted after use?
The Talmud Bavli, Suka 46 amud 2, cites a difference of opinion as to how long an esrog and a suka are muktzim l'mitzvosehem, set aside for their respective mitzvos and forbidden for use for other ...
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Would the EmDrive be muktzeh on Shabbos?
Would the EmDrive be muktzeh on Shabbos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster
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Are objects used for the Taanugim "muktzeh" for Yom Kippur?
The five prohibitions of inuy on Yom Kippur are eating/drinking, bathing, anointing, sex, and wearing leather shoes. Would an object whose only use is for these prohibited pleasures be considered "...
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to grate cheese with a saw not Toveled?
The mishna in Masechet Shabbat says:
A man may take a hammer to split nuts, a chopper to cut [a round of] pressed figs, a saw for sawing cheese, a spade to scoop dried figs, a winnowing shovel and ...
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Is an item (i.e., scissors) not muktzeh if it's usable for a destructive purpose on Shabbos?
Many are makpid to make a hole in a re-closeable bottle before opening it for the first time on Shabbat. The purpose is to avoid makeh b'patish from making a new vessel when one opens the bottle.
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Is my dog muktzeh to me on Shabbos? [duplicate]
I believe that putting a leash on a dog to take it for a walk on Shabbos is permissible, even in a place where there is no eiruv, since the leash is to protect the dog.
What about touching my dog, ...
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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).
There ...
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Melachas on Yom Kippur
Do the additional Rabbinic prohibitions that apply to Yom Tov but not Shabbos (such as the stricter muktzeh laws) also apply to Yom Kippur, in addition to the Shabbos-style prohibitions of that day? ...
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Carrying items on keychains Shabbos [duplicate]
One may generally not transport muktzeh on Shabbos, even within an eiruv. However, if the carrying is indirect, and not for the purpose of bringing the muktzeh, must one be makpid to ensure before ...
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Can one sleep in a room with a tefillin bag/tefillin in the room?
Can a person sleep in a room with their tefillin bag? Does it matter that the tefillin is in the tefillin bag?
Also, if the answer is no, what can one do on Friday night, if one finds out that ...
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Handling Historical Money on Shabbat [duplicate]
Let's say a historian had a collection of Bar Kochba coins or even replicas of those coins. Since these coins serve zero purpose as money today, can they be handled on Shabbat?
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Can one move egg shells on Shabbos?
Let's say someone makes egg salad on Shabbos and when peeling the eggs puts the peels in a cup. Is this cup allowed to be moved (even without adding anything that's permitted to be moved in the cup)?
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Fear of thieves and Mukzeh on Shabbes w. Eruv and Yom Tov
If person justified fears thieves and wants to go outside and to keep by himself his valuables (money, passport, etc), that actually are mukzeh. Is there a way to do it on Shabbes in the place where ...
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Are shabbat candlesticks on a tray muktzeh?
If candlesticks are on a tray can they be moved off the table on Shabbat?
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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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Is a bike muktzah in "mixed company"?
According to the majority of poskim, riding a bicycle on Shabbat is forbidden. Therefore, "a bicycle is muktza, as ... it is a kli shem'lachto l'issur." (from that answer)
However, there is a ...
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Can one use a Swiss army knife on Shabbat?
There are two reasons why I would be concerned regarding using a Swiss Army knife on Shabbat:
Possible violation of a melacha of creating / completing a tool. When you fold out the knife, you are "...
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Is a mechanical grogger muktzah?
Last Shabbos, my young daughter found a grogger inside the shul and played with it away from adults and at an appropriate time. A four-year old Orthodox boy told us that it was muktzah and that she ...
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How did the Beis Din have the authority to relax the rules of Muktza?
Shulchan Aruch HaRav (O.C. 310:16) lays out the general history of the prohibition of Mukza (Based on Shabbos 123b):
בימי נחמיה בן חכליה שהיו העם מזלזלים באיסורי שבת כמ"ש בימים ההם ראיתי ביהודה ...
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Is a library book with an embedded RFID tag a problem on Shabbos?
RFID tags have very many uses in identifying different objects via radio waves. Recently, libraries have started using them to help keep track of books.
I would imagine that the tags, in themselves, ...
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Muktza not being directly handled (i.e. in a backpack)?
If say I'm walking in an area with an eiruv (that I hold of etc.), and it becomes Shabbos and I have a muktza object on me, if I put it in a backpack so that I'm not actually touching it, is it still ...
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Why is a kiddush cup not muktzeh?
According the rules of Muktzeh regarding the category of Mechamat Chisaron Kis, objects that have one specific purpose and the owner takes care not to damage it or let it get stolen may not be handled ...
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Is this Kippa clip muktzeh?
I got this really cool kippa clip. I'm wondering, is it muktzeh?
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Designating Muktzeh items before Shabbos/Shabbat for personal use
Can one designate any normally muktzeh item for Shabbat/Shabbos or Yom Tov personal use, like rocks, animals, etc, thus making it not muktzeh?
The question essentially is: can one avoid the ...
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Myrtle-Muktza Catch 22
My myrtle (hadas) broke on Yom Tov Sukkos.
An intact myrtle that is part of a lulav is assur to smell.
The myrtle that broke in the lulav is now muktza because it can't be used.
Now that the myrtle ...
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Muktzeh as a means to encourage cessation of labor
In his work on the laws of shabas called Kalkalas Shabas (at the beginning of the 3rd chapter), the author of Tif'eres Yisra'el introduces the topic of muktzeh by saying that the reason the sages ...
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Is an ancient prutah muksah?
Are ancient prutahs (collectable) muksah? I would love to show them to my Shabbat guests. They are around 2000 years old. Are they legal tender?
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Designating an item before shabbos for others- Snow Cones!
If I designate an item before Shabbos for an acceptable purpose, it can become not muktza for me. Can another person, who I did not have in mind when I made my initial declaration the use that item?
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Is a dinner party gift muktza?
Is a dinner party gift muktza? I've been invited to a Shabbos dinner and I would like to give the hostess a gift. I will be carrying the gift within an eiruv.
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Unplugging cooking utensil from timer on Yom Tov?
Suppose that someone has an electronic cooking utensil such as a Crock Pot or a rice cooker that they use on Yom Tov. Perhaps they set a timer before Y"T in order that it should start cooking during ...
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Flashlight on Shabbat
Background: Among the things one may not move on Shabbat (Muktzah) is a utensil which is primarily used for a forbidden activity on Shabbat (a classic example is a hammer). This is called a "Keli ...
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A vessel with "bugs" on it -- does it become muktzeh
If someone has a vessel that is muter to move around on Shabbos and it had on top of it something that is "muktzeh" during Bein Hashmoshes than the vessel would be considered a "busis" (a vessel that ...
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What can be done with my annoying smoke detector on Shabbos?
When your smoke detectors battery is dying, it chirps every 30 seconds to remind you to change it. I am in middle of my Friday night meal when this began. May I move the smoke detector to a area where ...
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Using a cell phone as a watch on Shabbos
I seem to recall learning that it is permissible to use a cell phone as a watch on Shabbos as long as the time is always displayed on the front and no buttons would need to be pressed in order to ...
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Playing with a pet on Shabbos
Is there any opinion that holds one may play or touch a pet on Shabbos (even though animals are normally muktzeh on Shabbos.) Specifically one that is meant for this purpose (to play with.) I heard ...
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Do reward tokens qualify halachically as money?
I give my children special slips of paper as a reward for good behavior (a "token economy"). They can collect these slips of paper and use them to "buy" rewards such as toys, treats, or fun activities....
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Is sushi Muktzeh?
According to Bab. Shab. 128a, unsalted fish is Muktzeh (because it's inedible, presumably).
So is sushi Muktzeh? Does it make a difference whether the sushi is totally prepared (rolled or plated or ...
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What is the status of a Kli Shemelachto LeIssur that's only used for Pikuach Nefesh?
What is the status of a kli (object) whose primary use would be forbidden on Shabbos, but it is only used in a case of Pikuach Nefesh (danger to life, where all Shabbos restrictions become allowed) -- ...
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When does trash become muktsa on Shabbos?
My granddaughters will go the candy-man in shul on Shabbos, unwrap their lolly-pops, and hand me their wrappers. If I understand muktsa to mean something which has no purpose for me on Shabbos, then ...
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Segulah to remove bone stuck in one's throat
The Gemorah in Shabbos Daf 67a gives a segulah for someone who has a bone stuck in their throat to get it out. The Gemorah says to bring another bone of the same type, put it on the person's head and ...
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On Shabbos: Shaking basket with fruits and rock, why not borer (selecting)?
It says in SA OC Siman 309 Sif 3 that on Shabbos if one wants to carry a basket that has in it fruits for the purpose of the fruits themselves if there is a rock inside of the basket as well one must ...
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Bones for Dogs Difference When they were Separated from Meat
MB on OC 308:110 says that if bones were separated from their meat on Shabbos they can be carried (are not muktze), and then certainly if they were separated before Shabbos.
MB on OC 308:121, on Rm"a ...