Opening Bottles, Cans, and Packages

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Preferred option

  1. To avoid all forbidden activities with opening bottles and cans on Shabbat, it's preferable to open the bottles and cans before Shabbat. [1]
  2. It's forbidden to open a bag or sack of food if the bag will be able to reused whether or not one intends to reuse the bag. [2]
  3. It's permissible to rip open a miniature pack of sugar which is thrown out right after it's opened. [3]

References

  1. Shemirat Shabbat Kilchata 9:1
  2. Shemirat Shabbat Kilchata 9:2
  3. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 9:4