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==Children Under the age of Bar/Bat Mitzvah== | ==Children Under the age of Bar/Bat Mitzvah== | ||
# Even children as young as 4 or 5 should only play with games or toys which are permissible on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Or Litzion 2:42:5 </ref> Children younger than that though, can use toys that are usually considered muktze. <ref> Tiltulei [[Shabbos]] pg. 22:footnote 2 in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein. </ref> | # Even children as young as 4 or 5 should only play with games or toys which are permissible on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Or Litzion 2:42:5 </ref> Children younger than that though, can use toys that are usually considered muktze. <ref> Tiltulei [[Shabbos]] pg. 22:footnote 2 in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein. </ref> | ||
# Some poskim permit an adult to move an otherwise [[muktzeh]] toy for a young child, because the child will play with it so it isn't considered [[muktzeh]]. <ref> Sh"t Iggerot Moshe 5:22:10, Sh"t Beer Moshe 6:24, Sh"t | # Some poskim permit an adult to move an otherwise [[muktzeh]] toy for a young child, because the child will play with it so it isn't considered [[muktzeh]]. <ref> Sh"t Iggerot Moshe 5:22:10, Sh"t Beer Moshe 6:24, Sh"t Yabia Omer 7:39 </ref> | ||
==Noisemakers== | ==Noisemakers== | ||
# Items which make noise, such as bells, rattles, and musical instruments, are [[Muktzeh]]. <Ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:2. Shulchan Shlomo pg. 280 however, permits moving a rattle even if this will make noise </ref> | # Items which make noise, such as bells, rattles, and musical instruments, are [[Muktzeh]]. <Ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:2. Shulchan Shlomo pg. 280 however, permits moving a rattle even if this will make noise </ref> | ||
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==Lego or Tinkertoy== | ==Lego or Tinkertoy== | ||
# It’s permissible to play with building blocks that don’t interlock. (See page on [[Boneh]].) <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:18 </ref> | # It’s permissible to play with building blocks that don’t interlock. (See page on [[Boneh]].) <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:18 </ref> | ||
# Some say that playing with Lego or Tinkertoy isn’t considered building and is permissible. <Ref> Sh”T Or Letzion vol 2 (chap 45:5 pg 272), Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:30, Sh”t Be'er Moshe 6:25, Sh”t | # Some say that playing with Lego or Tinkertoy isn’t considered building and is permissible. <Ref> Sh”T Or Letzion vol 2 (chap 45:5 pg 272), Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:30, Sh”t Be'er Moshe 6:25, Sh”t Yabia Omer 7:39(4), Yalkut Yosef 314:1, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 135), Sh”t Machazeh Eliyahu 69 </ref> However, some say that it’s forbidden. <Ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:19 (in the new edition) writes that building blocks which fit together tightly are forbidden and continues to give Lego as an example. Similarly, Shalmei Yehuda (pg 90) quotes Rav Elyashiv as saying that lego would be considered building. Sefer Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, pg 24) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as saying that it’s not clear whether the interlocking pieces is forbidden, and therefore the Sefer Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] writes that one shouldn’t give it to a child, but if the child takes it not to object. </ref> | ||
==Board games== | ==Board games== | ||
# Using dice on [[Shabbat]] is permitted. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:33 </ref> | # Using dice on [[Shabbat]] is permitted. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:33 </ref> | ||
