Uvda DeChol

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Uvda DeChol

  1. It’s forbidden to measure precisely on Shabbat as it’s considered Uvda DeChol, a weekday activity. [1]

References

  1. Mishna Shabbat (157a) writes that measuring for a mitzvah is permitted implying that there’s a prohibition of measuring on Shabbat if not for the purpose of a mitzvah. So rules Tur and S”A 306:7 and Mishna Brurah 306:34.