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#Most authorities permit putting on a diaper on [[Shabbat]] by sticking the tabs of the diaper to the diaper. <ref>Minchat Yitzchak 5:39 (Dayan Weiss) is strict on diapers. Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:14 is lenient about using pampers on [[Shabbat]] since it’s only a temporary connection. Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 16:6 is lenient because it isn’t not even considered temporary. 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; pg 813) permits since the tabs are made to be used that way. Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen; pg 212-3) and Chazon Ovadia v. 5 p. 85 are lenient. See http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=7/25/2005. </ref>
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#Nonetheless, one should be careful and open the diaper slowly so that one doesn’t rip it and leave the tabs attached permanently. <ref>Sh”t Yacheve Daat 6:23 </ref>
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#One should not use the sticky tabs in order to close it up in order to throw it out since it’s considered permanent. <ref>39 Melachos (Rav Ribiat; pg 814), Menuchat Ahava 2:15:11, and Rabbi Mansour (http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=7/25/2005) hold that it is forbidden to wrap up the diaper after it is used since that adhesive connection will remain permanent. </ref> Some were lenient.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach quoted in Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 35 fnt. 67 and ch. 15 fnt. 233 explained that leaving something connected until it is destroyed if one doesn't actually care about it staying connected isn't considered as though one connected it permanently. Therefore, it is permitted to wrap up the diaper before throwing it out so that it doesn't open up and become a mess.</ref>
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#The issue of using baby wipes has been widely discussed ever since they've arrived on the market. Some poskim are lenient to use baby wipes if one does it gently and doesn't press down,<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting Rabbi Moshe Plutchok based on the Har Tzvi and R' Shlomo Zalmen Aurbauch Zt”l, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2277 Rabbi Mansour] on Dailyhalacha.com</ref> while others prohibit using diaper wipes entirely and give preference to wetting the baby (with oil, water, "baby shpritz" etc.) and then using a dry tissue to clean the child.<ref>Minchat Yitzchak 10:25, [[Shevet Halevi]] 8:59, 39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 351-3). Nishmas Shabbos 233 requires the wipes to be squeezed out prior to [[Shabbos]] to the extent that if someone touches the wipe he won't be able to moisten something else. </ref>
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#The older baby wipes are made from more similar to paper materials and today they are made from cotton materials.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_wipe Wikipedia entry "Wet Wipe"] describes some of the history of baby wipes. It points out that originally wipes were paper clothes and today more of them are made with cotton materials. For example, [https://www.pampers.com/en-us/about-us/diapers-and-wipes/article/pampers-baby-wipes-how-do-they-work Pampers] wipes are made from cellulose, which is 90% of cotton, and polypropylene, which is synthetic. See also, [https://www.target.com/p/baby-wipes-unscented-216-ct-up-up-153/-/A-14896916 Target wipes] which are made from cotton fiber.</ref> Although this change according to some poskim makes using the baby wipes forbidden, nonetheless, there are some who are still lenient.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 2 p 90 writes that it is muter to use a diaper wipe on Shabbat. But Yalkut Yosef 2 p. 688 in a later edition he limits it to paper wipes and not cloth ones. Chazon Ovadia Shabbat v. 4 p. 148-154 says all baby wipes are permitted on Shabbat. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 14:37 says only paper ones are muter and not cloth ones. Har Tzvi 190 is lenient about using diaper wipes made from paper. Igrot Moshe 2:70 as understood by Rivevot Efraim 6:194:3 writes that paper wipes are permitted. Chazon Ovadia writes four reasons to say why it is derabbanan:
===Velcro Diapers===
#It is only a derabbanan form of disha since the paper isn't meant to be squeezed out and it is like pickles and not olives (Shabbat 145a).
#It is completely permitted to use Velcro diapers on Shabbat.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchato 15:79, Ish Matzliach OC 340:14</ref> The discussion of the poskim in the past about opening and closing diapers was all about diapers with sticky tabs and was a major dispute and not simple. However, today's diapers are generally all made with Velcro, loops and hooks, and aren't any question.
#Also, the water goes to waste (Meor Hashabbat v. 2 p. 522 quoting Rav Shlomo Zalman).
 
#Also, it isn't gidulei karka (Rambam Shabbat 8:7). Disha is only bgedulei karka. Even if it is made with cotton it still can be called non-gedulei karka since it is so processed and it is like panim chadashot (chatom sofer 6:81 by ketamim on toilet paper).
===Sticky Tab Diapers===
#Also, it is less than a shiur of a grogeret making the isur only derabbanan (Chacham Tzvi 86). He isn't sure to use this factor because perhaps there's no shiur for sechita in this form which is normal just to squeeze out a tiny bit (Chazon Ovadia p. 150).
#Most authorities permit putting on a diaper on [[Shabbat]] by sticking the tabs of the diaper to the diaper.<ref>Minchat Yitzchak 5:39 (Dayan Weiss) is strict on diapers. Sh”t Bear Moshe 6:14 is lenient about using pampers on [[Shabbat]] since it’s only a temporary connection. Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 16:6 is lenient because it isn’t not even considered temporary. 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; pg 813) permits since the tabs are made to be used that way. Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen; pg 212-3) and Chazon Ovadia v. 5 p. 85 are lenient. See http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=7/25/2005. </ref> (Also see [[Tofer]]).
*If it is only derabbanan or a double derabbanan a pesik reisha is muter (even if it is nicha leh). Also it could be that we matir derabbanans for child who is like a choleh shein bo sakana.</ref>
#Nonetheless, one should be careful and open the diaper slowly so that one doesn’t rip it and leave the tabs attached permanently.<ref>Sh”t Yacheve Daat 6:23 </ref>
#Most diapers have an adhesive that needs to be unfastened and then taped onto the diaper. While it is praiseworthy to to be stringent and unfasten them and then refasten them again before [[Shabbos]]<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:81</ref> [hence when putting on the diaper you would not be "[[ripping]]" something that was "sewn" for over twenty four hours], one can be lenient if he failed to do so.<ref>Sha'arim Metzuyanim L'Halacha 80:45</ref>
#There are those who prohibit the use of the flaps to close the diaper when disposing of it, as that will result in a permanent connection.<ref>Rabbi Belsky as quoted in Halachically Speaking 3:14 https://www.thehalacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Vol3Issue14.pdf 39 Melachos (Rav Ribiat; pg 814), Menuchat Ahava 2:15:11, and Rabbi Mansour (http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=7/25/2005) hold that it is forbidden to wrap up the diaper after it is used since the connection will remain permanent. </ref> However, there are those who disagree and permit it.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach quoted in Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 35 fnt. 67 and ch. 15 fnt. 233 explained that leaving something connected until it is destroyed if one doesn't actually care about it staying connected isn't considered as though one connected it permanently. Therefore, it is permitted to wrap up the diaper before throwing it out so that it doesn't open up and become a mess.</ref>
#It is permitted to open a diaper on Shabbat even if the flaps are stuck to the back of the diaper and they need to be torn on the perforations to be opened.<ref>39 Melachot v. 3 p. 846 writes that the flaps are only connected to the back of the diaper in the cutting process and because of the friction they are connected. The same is true of the packaging process. Since they are only connected temporarily it isn't koreah to tear it apart see Mishna Brurah 340:45 regarding pages stuck together. Similarly, it isn't [[makeh bpatish]] since it already resembled a diaper when it was cut even before it was completed. Therefore, tearing these flaps isn't creating a diaper.</ref>
#Diapers which have an adhesive that needs to be unfastened and then taped onto the diaper. While it is praiseworthy to be stringent and unfasten them and then refasten them again before [[Shabbos]],<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:81. Hence when putting on the diaper you would not be "[[ripping]]" something that was "sewn" for over twenty four hours.</ref> one can be lenient if he failed to do so.<ref>Sha'arim Metzuyanim L'Halacha 80:45</ref>
===Tearing to Separate Flaps===
#It is permitted to open a diaper on Shabbat even if the flaps are stuck to the back of the diaper and they need to be torn on the perforations to be opened.<ref>39 Melachot v. 3 p. 846 writes that the flaps are only connected to the back of the diaper in the cutting process and because of the friction they are connected. The same is true of the packaging process. Since they are only connected temporarily it isn't [[koreah]] to tear it apart (see Mishna Brurah 340:45 regarding pages stuck together). Similarly, it isn't [[makeh bpatish]] since it already resembled a diaper when it was cut even before it was completed. Therefore, tearing these flaps isn't creating a diaper. Dor Hamelaktim v. 6 p. 3773 quotes Shabbos Home (p. 95), Children in Halacha (p. 117), Nishmat Shabbat 340:194, Mechzeh Eliyahu (Piyha Patcha Bchachma 1:12:7:1), Orchot Shabbat ch. 11 fnt. 41, Shvut Yitzchak v. 13 p. 241, Torat Hamelachot 340:34 quoting Rav Karelitz as lenient. On the other hand, they quote Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz that it is makeh bpatish to separate the sides on Shabbat since in the factory the edges are connected before it is useable since it is only cut afterwards. They include a letter from Pampers that this indeed is how it is made in the factory.</ref>
 
===Wetness Indicator===
#One may use a diaper which has a wetness indicator on [[Shabbat]].<ref> Shimirat Shabbat K'hilchata 15:88. The reason being that one does not care about the color, even though it is convenient since the main function of the diaper is for its intended purpose and not for design it would be a [[davar sh'eno mitkaven]].</ref>
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