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# There is no issue of Choresh in digging in fine dry sand (however, there is an issue of muktzah) and so it is permissible to drag a chair in sand even though it will make a furrow. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 253) </ref> | # There is no issue of Choresh in digging in fine dry sand (however, there is an issue of muktzah) and so it is permissible to drag a chair in sand even though it will make a furrow. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 253) </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible for children to play with sand that’s fine, dry, and prepared before Shabbat for this use (as in a sandbox). One may not add water to the sand on Shabbat. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:4, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 137-8), 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 253) </ref> | # It’s permissible for children to play with sand that’s fine, dry, and prepared before Shabbat for this use (as in a sandbox). One may not add water to the sand on Shabbat. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:4, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 137-8), 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 253) </ref> | ||
# One may not dig in moist or clumpy sand. Therefore if the sand in a sandbox is moist or has solidified as is common after the rain one should not allow children to play in the sandbox. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 254) </ref> | |||
# Adding water to sand is a violation of the Melacha of Losh (kneading). <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 254) </ref> | |||
==Dragging heavy objects== | ==Dragging heavy objects== | ||
