Chess in Halacha

The ancient game of chess was known to the great rabbis of the Middle Ages and some even engaged in the sport.

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Chess and Productive Activities

1. Some rabbis felt that chess is a vain activity and a waste of time and therefore shouldn't be engaged in even during the week. However, most poskim hold that it is permissible and consider it a game of intellect.

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1. Shoel bshlomo is matir...