Question: Are diplomas, certificates of completion, certificates of licensure etc. and similar items muktzah? Answer: Yes they are muktza. The idea of muktza is that any item that is removed… Read more »
Category: Muktzeh
Covering a package that arrives on Shabbos
Question: Is there any problem with covering a package that arrives on Shabbos? I have a package that might be arriving on Shabbos outside our apartment and I don’t want… Read more »
Bosis Question
Question: I inadvertently left a sefer I wanted to use on Shabbos on top of my computer. Make I take the sefer off on Shabbos, given it’s not really a… Read more »
Moving diapers on Shabbos
Question: I have a question. I know that one is allowed to throw out a diaper on Shabbos. Is it permitted to move a diaper on the changing table, while… Read more »
As measured in shabath
Question: I have a glass that has measurements in it, can I use it in Shabath? Attached: Attached file 1 Answer: Since we are not allowed to measure things on… Read more »
Muktzah and using a garbage can
Question: When one puts garbage into a garbage bin, one sometimes encounters a full bin of garbage, and it is necessary to press down on the garbage to make more… Read more »
Removing garbage bag from garbage can on shabbos
Question: My understanding is that a garbage can is muktzah on shabbos, although the cover of the garbage can is not muktzah. If so, if it is necessary for someone… Read more »
Child with fragile muktzah object
Question: My one and a half year old daughter found my cell phone on shabbos and didn’t want to put it down. I was concerned that she would throw it… Read more »
Using a Vacuum cleaner stick attachment on Shabbos-Follow up
Question: Following up on this question, if you set aside the stick before Shabbos to be used only as a lock and never as a vacuum clearner anymore, would it… Read more »
Designation of Muktzah with thought alon
Question: For an object not commonly used for a particular purpose, would mental designation to use in that way suffice if the designation was just for a one-off occasion? (bedeived)… Read more »
Bottle caps on Shabbos
Question: Are bottle caps muktza or may a child take the caps from the table and play with them on Shabbos? Answer: A bottle cap is a kli shemilachto lheter,… Read more »
Using a Vacuum cleaner stick attachment on Shabbos
Question: May one use the stick attachment of a vacuum cleaner as a way to lock a door on Shabbos? Is it considered muktza even if one is using it… Read more »
Opening a coconut on sabbath
Question: Dear Rabbi, Would it be permitted to open a coconut on sabbath? It is a very hard shell and requires a tool or just a strike against a surface…. Read more »
Harmful Muktzah in Public Domain
Question: May one handle harmful muktzah in rushus harabim? What about if the mukztah is situated in a place where people don’t usually go, but there is still chance of… Read more »
Rav Ovadia Yosef on dogs being muktzeh
Question: What is the opinion of Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l on dogs being muktzeh on Shabbat? Answer: R’ Ovadia Yosef zt”l holds that dogs even if they are one’s pet… Read more »
Using a glass measuring cup on Shabbos?
Question: Can you pour wine out of a glass measuring cup on Shabbos, if your purpose was not to measure how much wine there was in the measuring cup. Is… Read more »
hilchos Shabbos
Question: After lighting candles I forget to put away matches and there are little children who are around that find it tempting. What is the halacha pertaining item that can… Read more »
Pets on Shabbos
Question: Assuming that pets are muktza on Shabbos, could one designate it before Shabbos similiar to a rock and one could play with them on Shabbos? And if one can’t,… Read more »
Kids toys on Shabbos Muktzeh/Bosis
Question: Hi, I keep running into this issue on shabbos with kids toys and I am hoping you can clarify the situation. 1. When we clean the toys we put… Read more »
Envelope with printed address to mail Charity
Question: Is it mukzah? as i recently visited an out of town shul. They gave an envelope that lists the name and address of where the check should go. There’s… Read more »
Question re. Pets on shabbos
Question: Is it muktze for others to touch my pet on Shabbos? Answer: According to most poskim pets are muktza even if they are meant to be played with. The… Read more »
Electronic couch
Question: I recently bought a couch with a button on it that makes it recline, the only problem is that is electric. I was wondering if I can even sit… Read more »
Raw potatoes muktzeh ?
Question: Hello Are raw potatoes muktzeh and can we moove them if we are disturb by them ? Thanks Answer: Raw potatoes are muktza machmas gufo on shabbos, as… Read more »
Moving an electrical appliance on Shabbos that was already on beforehand
Question: Can I move an electric fan on Shabbos (to redirect the air) if it was already on before Shabbos? Obviously would not push any buttons. Answer: According to most… Read more »
Flash light camping on Shabbat
Question: Hi Is one allowed to carry around a flashlight or head lap on Shabbat in a camping area w an eruv? Answer: If the flashlight was not left on… Read more »
Using a keli for something digusting on shabbos
Question: In my house we are accustomed that when somebody needs to do gedolim, he spreads out a bag over the toilet and defecates in it to avoid clogging up… Read more »
Raw eggs on shabbos
Question: Are raw eggs muktzah on Shabbos? Answer: Raw eggs are not muktza on Shabbos since they can be eaten, and occasinally they are used by chazzanim, and people that… Read more »
Left keys in coat pocket and found them on shabbos in shul.
Question: Hi, My wife left the car key by accident in her coat on shabbos. She came to me carrying the coat. I instructed her to take the coat to… Read more »
laws of Shabbat
Question: I walk on Shabbat and I see a baby crawling in danger, I pick up the baby and give it to the mother. She slips something in my pocket… Read more »
Muktzeh category of meat and diamonds
Question: In which categories of muktzeh (on Shabbos) do the following fall: Diamonds (not intended for sale) Raw meat Answer: If the diamond is in a ring, then it is… Read more »
Cell phone muktzah alarm clock on shabbos
Question: Can one set the alarm on cell phone to vibrate on shabbos? Also, can one move it away after it “rings”, is there any issue of muktzah? Answer: One… Read more »
Putting away a kli shmelachto lissur on Shabbos
Question: Shalom, May one handle a kli shmelachto lissur on Shabbos solely for the sake of having the area look tidy? Would having guests factor in? Thank you Answer: The… Read more »
Being mevatel a keli on Shabbos
Question: Is it permitted on Shabbos for a sick person to vomit into a bowl (for example, the negel vasser basin)? Why would this not be considered “nullifying a vessel… Read more »
Positioning an electric heater on Shabbos
Question: Can an electric heater on wheels be positioned away from or brought closer to a “normal” person depending on how hot a person gets? Can this be done for… Read more »
questions about the new lightbulb called shabbulb
Question: Recently a new type of light bulb, called ShaBBulb, has netted the market. The bulb is LED and has a cover which can be moved like lever on Shabbos…. Read more »
shabbos
Question: If one eats a banana on Shabbos and the peel remains in his hand, with no edible remnants, is it muktzah? What about a candy wrapper, once the candy… Read more »
Ipad the fell on my hand on Shabbos
Question: This past Shabbos I was reaching for a sefer on a bookshelf, and an ipad that was on the bookshelf fell on my hand. I would like to ask… Read more »
Muktzeh
Question: If a hat is hanging on a tree on Shabbos, and subsequently falls off by itself or is removed by a goy, may one wear this hat on Shabbos?… Read more »
Can one move a LED ELECTRIC lamp on Shabbat
Question: Can one move a LED ELECTRIC lamp on Shabbat? Answer: Please see the following link https://dinonline.org/2013/09/22/moving-led-flashlight-on-shabbos/
Bosis
Question: There are two tables in the room. I know that there were candles (and only candles) standing on one of them when Shabbos began, and the table became a… Read more »
Is a compass Muktza?
Question: I sometimes use a compass to help with finding directions for DAVENING. Can I use a compass on Shabbos/Yomtov for this purpose? Is a compass muktza? Answer: No, a… Read more »
May one Walk/Play with a Dog on Shabbos
Question: Someone comes to us for Shabbos with a dog. May we play with the dog within an eiruv? Answer: The dog may be attached to a leash and walked…. Read more »
Removing Candelabra from Table Shabbos Morning
Is it possible to enable to take the leichter off the table shabbos morning Answer: The leichter that were lit at the onset of Shabbos become a bosis, a form… Read more »
Hiring on Shabbos
If a non jew wishes to shovel snow on your walkway on Shabbos for payment, but you want him to come back after Shabbos. Can you tell him or hint… Read more »
Moving Tefillin on Shabbat
If a talis bag containing tefillin is left on a chair in a beis medresh on Shabat, can the bag be moved in order to use that chair? Thx Answer:… Read more »
Avoiding Muktzeh
If the Halachah is, one should not use a Kli Shemelachto if one has an alternative. Therefore should one avoid remvoing and placing items in one”s oven. Answer: The chumra… Read more »
Opening Old Sefer on Shabbos
If one has a sefer that is coming apart, is one allowed to turn the pages on Shabbos, even though they might get torn out of the sefer? [They are… Read more »
Inadvertently Moving Trees on Shabbos
If a person is walking outside on Shabbos, and with his head/ hat he brushes against a tree branch or against the leaves of a tree that hang low, thereby… Read more »
Sponge in Sink on Shabbos
On Shabbos, is it permitted to turn on the water if there is a sponge lying in the sink (or is it considered “laundering”)? Is it permissible to remove the… Read more »
Noisy Games on Shabbos
Is it permitted for children to play with a dice that is enclosed in a plastic dome. Squeezing the lever causes the dice to make a loud clanking sound. Would… Read more »