Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis

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Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis

Definition

  1. Any object that a person is careful with and because of it’s value one wouldn’t use for anything other than it’s designated purpose, is considered Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis. [1]
  2. Regarding merchandise that can be sold, if the owner is particular not to use it, it’s Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis, however, if the owner isn’t concerned that it’ll get ruined, it’s not Muktzeh. [2]
  3. Some say that Muktza Machmat Chisaron Kis only applies to vessels that are already Kli SheMelachto LeIssur but not to vessels that are Kli SheMelachto LeHeter.[3]

Rules

  1. A item that’s Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis can not be moved for any need, for the need of it’s place or for the need of the object itself. [4]
  2. A item which is Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis during Ben HaShemashot even if it breaks on Shabbat and now one isn’t careful with it because it’s no longer expensive is Muktzeh all of Shabbat. [5]
  3. Merchandise which is meant to be sold, if the owner is particular not to use it, it’s Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis, however, if the owner isn’t concerned that it’ll get ruined, it’s not Muktzeh. [6]
  4. A board of wood which is owned by a carpenter or a store owner who plans on selling it is Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis if it’s the usual case where the owner is concerned about using it for other purposes (sitting on it) so that it doesn’t break. [7]

Examples

  • cigarette case (golden) [8]
  • shofar (unless one is not concerned about using it for other uses) [9]

Papers

  1. Business letters, building plans, account documents, passports, and identification certificates are Muktzeh. [10]
  2. A loose leaf binder that contains commercial documents, building plans, account documents, passports, or identity certificates is considered Muktzeh and shouldn’t be moved. [11]
  3. Blank pieces of paper are Muktzeh. If a loose-leaf binder has pages with content together with blank pages, and the pages of content have some importance and one sometimes reads them, then, the binder is not Muktzeh and one may turn the blank pages in order to reach the pages of content. However, if the pages of content aren’t of importance and one doesn’t read them, then the binder as a whole is Muktzeh and should be moved. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Mishna Brurah 308:3
  2. ↑ The Bet Yosef 308:1 asks how the Rambam could write that merchandise is Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis if the Gemara Shabbat 19b implies that it isn't Muktzeh according to Rabbi Shimon and he concludes that if the owner is concerned about using it then it is Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis, but if he isn't concerned it isn't Muktzeh. Rama 308:1 and Mishna Brurah 308:7 codify this as halacha. Chazon Ish 42:16 clarifies that merchandise can be Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis even if the item is otherwise a Kli SheMelachto LeHeter. S"A HaRav 308:4 and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 20:21 agree.
  3. ↑ S"A HaRav 308:4, Yalkut Yosef (vol 2, pp. 328-332)
  4. ↑ S”A 308:1
  5. ↑ Mishna Brurah 308:35 in explanation of the Magan Avraham
  6. ↑ Rama 308:1, Mishna Brurah 308:7
  7. ↑ S”A 308:26
  8. ↑ Tiltulei Shabbat (pg 45 in the note) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein (based on Mishna Brurah 310:27) as ruling that any case designated to hold a Muktzeh item, the owner doesn’t want to use container for anything else, and the owner is careful that the case isn’t broken is considered Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis.
  9. ↑ Rama 308:4, Mishna Brurah 308:25 write that a shofer is Kli Sh’Melachto LeIssur but Shalmei Yehuda (pg 32) quoting Rav Elyashiv and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (pg 361) quoting Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach note that for most people the shofar is expensive and wouldn’t be used for anything else and so should be Muktzeh Machmat Chisaron Kis.
  10. ↑ Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:6
  11. ↑ Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:9
  12. ↑ Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:9
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