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FOOD MUKTZA



The Rambam writes that R' Shimon holds there is no Muktza for food besides dried figs and raisins. Food that are put away to be used as merchandise or put away in storage are not Muktza. The Tosfos Shabbos explains: Though they're set aside not to be eaten, still, the owner doesn't conclusively decide never to eat it, but he would partake in it if needed.



The same applies to kernels of wheat that are planted, that they're not Muktza (as… Continue

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DRIED FIGS AND RAISONS



R' Shimon agrees that figs and grapes that are left to dry out are Muktza. Since they have both conditions of Muktza, that you personally pushed them away from use plus they became inedible in the meanwhile. Other fruit that are left to dry out are not Muktza, though you personally left them to dry, they never become inedible while drying out. Dates that fell off the tree before they're ripe (and became ripe on Shabbos,) are not… Continue

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WOOD THAT YOU HANG MEAT AND FISH ON



Rav said that wood that you hang meat on is not Muktza, but those you hang fish on are Muktza. The Rif and Rosh explain the reason because it's Muktza Machmas Mius (because they're disgusting.) Therefore we, that Paskin like R' Shimon that doesn't hold that utensils are just because they're disgusting, would hold even those that hang fish are not Muktza.



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WALKING WITH A YOUNG CHILD



A woman is allowed to hold the hand of her child to help him walk in a R'Shus Harabim. As long as the child puts down one foot and lifts the other foot. It's prohibited to drag him with both feet down. The Ran says that a child that too young to walk, you're Chayiv if you drag him. We don't say that a human carries himself (live weight) by such a child. Rabeinu Yeruchim holds it's only a rabbinical Issur. The Magen Avraham says the Nafka Mina… Continue

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A NON-MUKTZA ITEM ON TOP OF A FORBIDDEN UTENSIL



The Gemara in Shabbos 124a says that it is prohibited

to move a mortar (a bowl for grinding) unless it

contains garlic. What is the nature of this Heter? The

Rosh explains that it's the same as using a loaf of

bread or a child in order to move a dead body on

Shabbos.



Though a dead body is Muktza, in order to move it to a

place where it won't decompose quickly, the Rabanan

allowed… Continue

HAKDAMA (INTRO.) THE REASONS FOR MUKTZA



The Rambam gives 3 reasons why the Torah enacted

Muktza:



1) In order to make it more "Shabbosdik". Just as one

should not speak or walk in the same way as during the

week, so too, one should not move objects the same

way.



2) If one is going to move a lot of objects

(especially those types of objects which are used

mainly to do things that are forbidden on Shabbos) one

may come to do Malacha on… Continue

As an introduction to my coming Blog(s) I would like to introduce my Torah goals for them. As you may be aware of my years of activity on the GY, I recently started a Forum on going into the Sugya behind the P'sakim of the Mishan Brurah. This is my goal on my other Blog, limudtorah.jewishweb.org.



I think it's very important for people to set up goals in their learning. I think understanding Mishna Brurah is a major accomplishment in both… Continue