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# It’s permissible to climb a swing set, but it is forbidden to climb a tree or ascend a ladder which leans against a tree. (This is a Rabbinic prohibition related to [[Kotzer]]).<Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:15 </ref> | # It’s permissible to climb a swing set, but it is forbidden to climb a tree or ascend a ladder which leans against a tree. (This is a Rabbinic prohibition related to [[Kotzer]]).<Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:15 </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible to use a swing suspended from a swing set.<Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 140), Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:16 </ref> | # It’s permissible to use a swing suspended from a swing set.<Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 140), Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:16 </ref> | ||
# Some ''poskim'' permit using a swing suspended from a hook attached to a tree as long as the tree doesn’t shake when used; however, a tire suspended from a tree directly shouldn’t be used. Other ''poskim'' forbid.<ref>Children in Halacha (pg 140), Chazon Ovadia (v. 4 p. 98), and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:16 allow using a swing on a hook attached to a tree. Shabbos Home (p. 277, cited by Dor Hamelaktim p. 3513) clarifies that the swing may not be attached to the hook before the hook is attached to the tree. Rather, first the hook should be put into the tree and then the swing. If it was done in the opposite order the swing and hook would be considered one unit and forbidden to use on Shabbat. However, Nishmat Shabbat (336:161 cited by Dor Hamelaktim) argues that the order it was constructed doesn't matter. It depends on whether the hook has an independent function besides for the swing. If not, such as if the small hook is used by the ropes for the swing and is not used for anything else, it is considered one unit and forbidden. Similarly, Rabbi Eider (Hilchot Shabbat p. 78 fnt. 138) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as forbidding using a tree swing on Shabbat because the swing, rope, and hook in the tree are all considered one unit. | # Some ''poskim'' permit using a swing suspended from a hook attached to a tree as long as the tree doesn’t shake when used; however, a tire suspended from a tree directly shouldn’t be used. Other ''poskim'' forbid.<ref>Children in Halacha (pg 140), Chazon Ovadia (v. 4 p. 98), and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:16 allow using a swing on a hook attached to a tree. Shabbos Home (p. 277, cited by Dor Hamelaktim p. 3513) clarifies that the swing may not be attached to the hook before the hook is attached to the tree. Rather, first the hook should be put into the tree and then the swing. If it was done in the opposite order the swing and hook would be considered one unit and forbidden to use on Shabbat. However, Nishmat Shabbat (336:161 cited by Dor Hamelaktim) argues that the order it was constructed doesn't matter. It depends on whether the hook has an independent function besides for the swing. If not, such as if the small hook is used by the ropes for the swing and is not used for anything else, it is considered one unit and forbidden. Similarly, Rabbi Eider (Hilchot Shabbat p. 78 fnt. 138) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as forbidding using a tree swing on Shabbat because the swing, rope, and hook in the tree are all considered one unit. Rabbi Ribiat (Kotzer fnt. 67a) writes this as well that the swing, rope, and pole in the tree are considered one unit and forbidden on Shabbat. It seems that this is not the opinion of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 26:16 who forbids using a tree swing tied directly onto the tree and says that the swing and rope are considered one unit. </ref> | ||
==Toy Car== | ==Toy Car== | ||
# It’s permissible to wind up a spring motorized toy on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 139), Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:14. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman who explains that winding the toy isn't similar to winding a watch that stopped (Mishna Brurah 338:15) since the watch is meant to work always to tell the time and when it stopped it is broken but a windup toy only works when you wind it.</ref> | # It’s permissible to wind up a spring motorized toy on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 139), Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:14. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman who explains that winding the toy isn't similar to winding a watch that stopped (Mishna Brurah 338:15) since the watch is meant to work always to tell the time and when it stopped it is broken but a windup toy only works when you wind it.</ref> | ||
