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# It’s permissible to wind up a spring motorized toy on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 139), Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:14</ref> | # It’s permissible to wind up a spring motorized toy on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 139), Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:14</ref> | ||
# Before [[Shabbat]] one must remove batteries from a battery run toy in order that the child can play with it on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 139) </ref> | # Before [[Shabbat]] one must remove batteries from a battery run toy in order that the child can play with it on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Children in Halacha (pg 139) </ref> | ||
==Binoculars and Telescopes== | ==Binoculars and Telescopes== | ||
# It is permissible to use binoculars or a telescope on [[Shabbat]], provided that no electricity or special assembly equipment is used. <ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] Kehilchita 16:45 </ref> | # It is permissible to use binoculars or a telescope on [[Shabbat]], provided that no electricity or special assembly equipment is used. <ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] Kehilchita 16:45 </ref> | ||
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===Scrabble=== | ===Scrabble=== | ||
# Some poskim consider Scrabble a kli shemelachto li'isur since it is a game which involves writing down the score. <ref> Sefer Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] pg. 24 </ref> | # Some poskim consider Scrabble a kli shemelachto li'isur since it is a game which involves writing down the score. <ref> Sefer Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] pg. 24 </ref> | ||
# It’s forbidden to play a game that one normally writes when playing the game. (See the page on [[Kotaiv]].) <Ref> Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 38:11) </ref> Therefore, some say that scrabble shouldn’t be played on [[Shabbat]] because one normally writes when playing the game. <Ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 135), Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] (Halachos of [[Muktzeh]] pg 24) </ref> | |||
# Some hold that it is permissible to play as long as you do not use the scrabble board that has individual squares for each tile (which creates an additional problem of kosev.) | |||
==Card games== | ==Card games== | ||
# It’s permissible to play card games; however, when finished, one may not separate the cards in order to put it away. (See the page on [[Borer]].)<Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:34 </ref> | # It’s permissible to play card games; however, when finished, one may not separate the cards in order to put it away. (See the page on [[Borer]].)<Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:34 </ref> | ||
