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# It’s forbidden to cut or rip pages of a book that were not properly cut through in binding. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:1 </ref> | |||
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# Toilet paper or paper towels may not be ripped along perforated edges or not along perforated edges on Shabbat. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 340:41 writes that ripping toilet paper in order to wipe is forbidden (Deoritta) as Kore’ah. So rules Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:25, Or Letzion 40:6, Orchot Shabbat (vol 1, 11:21), and Shalmei Yehuda (10:9, pg 171) in name of Rav Elyashiv </ref> Some say in a situation where there’s no other option it’s permissible with a shinui (such as ripping with one’s elbow). <Ref> Orchot Shabbat (vol 1, 11:22; 353) quotes Rav Elyashiv who holds that in a situation where there’s no other option it’s permissible with a shinui (such as ripping with one’s elbow). See Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 11:30 </ref> | # Toilet paper or paper towels may not be ripped along perforated edges or not along perforated edges on Shabbat. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 340:41 writes that ripping toilet paper in order to wipe is forbidden (Deoritta) as Kore’ah. So rules Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:25, Or Letzion 40:6, Orchot Shabbat (vol 1, 11:21), and Shalmei Yehuda (10:9, pg 171) in name of Rav Elyashiv </ref> Some say in a situation where there’s no other option it’s permissible with a shinui (such as ripping with one’s elbow). <Ref> Orchot Shabbat (vol 1, 11:22; 353) quotes Rav Elyashiv who holds that in a situation where there’s no other option it’s permissible with a shinui (such as ripping with one’s elbow). See Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 11:30 </ref> | ||
# According to Sephardim, One should really rip toilet paper before Shabbat, however if one didn’t then, it’s permissible to rip in order to wipe yet one may not rip on the perforations and preferably this should be done with a shinui (like with one’s foot). <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 5, pg 146) in name of Rav Ovadyah Yosef, Sh”t Chelkat Yacov 3:123, Sh”t Hillel Omer 199 </ref> | # According to Sephardim, One should really rip toilet paper before Shabbat, however if one didn’t then, it’s permissible to rip in order to wipe yet one may not rip on the perforations and preferably this should be done with a shinui (like with one’s foot). <Ref> Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 5, pg 146) in name of Rav Ovadyah Yosef, Sh”t Chelkat Yacov 3:123, Sh”t Hillel Omer 199 </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:27, 17 February 2011
- It’s forbidden to cut or rip pages of a book that were not properly cut through in binding. [1]
Toilet paper
- Toilet paper or paper towels may not be ripped along perforated edges or not along perforated edges on Shabbat. [2] Some say in a situation where there’s no other option it’s permissible with a shinui (such as ripping with one’s elbow). [3]
- According to Sephardim, One should really rip toilet paper before Shabbat, however if one didn’t then, it’s permissible to rip in order to wipe yet one may not rip on the perforations and preferably this should be done with a shinui (like with one’s foot). [4]
References
- ↑ Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:1
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 340:41 writes that ripping toilet paper in order to wipe is forbidden (Deoritta) as Kore’ah. So rules Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:25, Or Letzion 40:6, Orchot Shabbat (vol 1, 11:21), and Shalmei Yehuda (10:9, pg 171) in name of Rav Elyashiv
- ↑ Orchot Shabbat (vol 1, 11:22; 353) quotes Rav Elyashiv who holds that in a situation where there’s no other option it’s permissible with a shinui (such as ripping with one’s elbow). See Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 11:30
- ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 5, pg 146) in name of Rav Ovadyah Yosef, Sh”t Chelkat Yacov 3:123, Sh”t Hillel Omer 199
