Muktzeh Machmat Gufo
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Muktzeh Machmat Gufo
Definition
- The following items are included in the severe Muktzeh category:
- items that are non-utensils or have no function
- items that are precious or delicate and wouldn’t be used for a permitted activity
Rules
- Muktzeh Machmat Gufo may not be moved even if one needs the object or it’s place is needed. [1]
- It’s permitted to move a severe Muktzeh item for any of the follow reasons:
- item is foul-smelling or disgusting
- item is a safety hazard
- item is at risk of being stolen
- for human dignity
Examples
- animals [2]
- bars of soap [3]
- battery [4]
- bicycles [5]
- board of wood [6]
- cameras [7]
- coins [8]
- corpse [9]
- detergent [10]
- dirt [11]
- eye-shadow [12]
- flour [13]
- glue [14]
- insecticides [15]
- lantern (metal) [16]
- light bulbs [17]
- lulav [18]
- mascara [19]
- money [20]
- nutshells [21]
- plastic tablecloth rolls [22]
- raw barley [23]
- rock [24]
- rolls of silver foil or toilet paper [25]
- sticks [26]
- sand [27]
- shaanetz clothes [28]
- spray paint [29]
- tin-foil roll [30]
- used matches [31]
- Vaseline [32]
- toothpaste [33]
Designation of an object for a purpose
- Items which are not normally used for a permissible purpose such as rock [34] one needs to make a permanent designation or a physical action to fix it for that permissible use (like organizing rocks in order to sit on). [35]
- However, something which sometimes is used for a permissible purpose only needs a mental designation [36], which should be a permanent designation, but in cases of need it’s sufficient to have a designation for that Shabbat alone. [37]Using that object for a permissible purpose before Shabbat is the equivalent of a designation and it wouldn’t be Muktzeh. [38]
References
- ↑ Rama 308:7
- ↑ S”A 308:39
- ↑ Sh”t Igrot Moshe 5:22(15), Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Tikkunim UMiluim (pg 32), and Rav Elyashiv in Shalmei Yehuda (pg 158) all consider a bar of soap to be Muktzeh Machmat Gufo
- ↑ Shalmei Yehuda (pg 61) quoting Rav Elyashiv says that batteries are considered Muktzeh Machmat Gufo and in extenuating circumstances can be considered Kli Sh’Melachto LeIssur
- ↑ Sefer Tiltulei Shabbat (pg 24) in name of Rav Moshe Feinstein
- ↑ Magan Avraham 308:18, Mishna Brurah 308:34 writes that many people aren’t aware of this prohibition to use a board to lock the door or another purpose unless it was designated permanently or made some action to fix it before Shabbat.
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ Mishna Brurah (Intro to 308)
- ↑ Mishna Brurah (Intro to 308)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ Mishna Brurah (Intro to 308)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ Shalmei Yehuda (pg 164), Menuchat Shabbat 88:7, Brit Olam (Muktzeh Machmat Gufo#33), Sefer Tiltulei Shabbat (pg 30)
- ↑ Magan Avraham 308:18, Mishna Brurah 308:34
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 308:25
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ Shalmei Yehuda (pg 98) rules that since a roll of plastic tablecloth roll is unusable and it’s forbidden to rip it on Shabbat the roll is totally Muktzeh Machmat Gufo.
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ Mishna Brurah (Intro to 308)
- ↑ Shalmei Yehuda pg 98, 171 writes that it’s Muktzeh because Muktzeh Machmat Issuro
- ↑ Mishna Brurah (Intro to 308)
- ↑ Mishna Brurah (Intro to 308)
- ↑ S”A 308:47
- ↑ Tiltulei Shabbat (pg 30)
- ↑ Shalmei Yehuda (pg 98) rules that since a roll of tin-foil is unusable and it’s forbidden to rip it on Shabbat the roll is totally Muktzeh Machmat Gufo.
- ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 308:100)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ The Weekly Halacha Discussion (vol 2 pg 337)
- ↑ S”A 308:22 writes that there’s a distinction whether the object is normally used for a permissible purpose or not. This is also evident in Mishna Brurah 308:87 and 92.
- ↑ S”A 308:21 writes that rocks which are Muktzeh Machmat Gufo a designation doesn’t work to make it non-Muktzeh rather an action is needed such as organizing the rocks. Rama 308:21 writes that rocks only need a designation. Mishna Brurah 308:90 writes the consensus of the achronim is to hold like S”A.
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 308:85 and 93 write that a mental designation is sufficient and verbal one isn’t necessary
- ↑ S”A 308:22 quotes three opinions regarding an object that’s normally used for permissible purposes; some say a designation for that Shabbat alone is a designation, some say a permanent designation, and some say an action is necessary. S”A quotes the first opinion as the main (anonymous) opinion. Mishna Brurah 307:97 writes that in conclusion if there’s a need a designation for one Shabbat is sufficient. Mishna Brurah 308:86 writes that unlike S”A the Eliyah Rabba holds that a designation just for the weekday isn’t a designation rather a designation for that Shabbat is needed.
- ↑ S”A 308:22 writes that sitting on the sticks on wood or tying them together is a sufficient designation. Mishna Brurah 308:83 and 85 explain that an action expresses one’s intent to use it for a permissible purpose.
