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==Bikes== | ==Bikes== | ||
# Children shouldn’t ride a bike on [[Shabbat]], however a tricycle or scooter is permissible only within in an eruv. Preferably, the bell on the scooter should be removed. <Ref> Children in Halacha (pg 138), Shemirat [[Shabbat]] | # Children shouldn’t ride a bike on [[Shabbat]], however a tricycle or scooter is permissible only within in an eruv. Preferably, the bell on the scooter should be removed. <Ref> Children in Halacha (pg 138). | ||
Even if there is a proper Eruv, there are Poskim, including the Shu"t Mayim Chaim (R' Yosef Meshash, Siman 128), who claim that it is prohibited to ride a bike, because the chain might break and one might come to fix it on [[Shabbat]]. However, the Ben Ish Chai (Rav Pe'alim, vol. 1, Orach Chaim, Siman 25 and Hashmatot) quotes the Rosh ([[Shabbat]] 2:15) that after Chatmitat HaTalmud, we don't institute Gezerot of our own intuition, even if there's a tremendous Chashash. Tosafot in Chullin 104a also says something similar. | |||
The Shu"T Mayim Chayim claims further that riding a bike is some form of Melacha, as it takes skill to do it, but he never explains what exact Melacha. Rav Azriel Hildesheimer (in his Shu"t, vol. 1, Orach Chaim, Siman 49) prohibits bike riding since it's a Pesik Reisheh of making a furrow, but Rav Ovadia (Chazon Ovadia [[Shabbat]] vol. 4 page 40) says that since it's already Kilachar Yad, and in the Reshut HaRabbim, it's a Pesik Reisheh MiDeRabbanan DeLa Nicha Leh, and Muttar LeKulei Alma. Additionally, since the wheels are covered with rubber tires, it's like a baby carriage which is Kovesh, not [[Choresh]], and Muttar. | |||
Finally, Rav Ovadia concludes it's simply Assur because of Uvadin DeChol even if it's for a Mitzvah, because people use it to get to their destination quickly, and Chazal expounded on the Pasuk in Yeshayahu that one's walking on [[Shabbat]] should be different from his walking during the week. For Ketanim who have reached [[Chinuch]], it's advisable to prohibit it, but tricycles are permissible, since they're made for kids specifically, as long as one removes the bell before [[Shabbat]]. There is not difference between [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]]. This is also the ruling of the Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilcheta (Perek 16, Seif 17, page 185), the Mishneh Halachot (vol. 7, Siman 71), Kaf HaChaim (404:8), and Ohr LeTzion (vol. 2, Perek 42, Seif 1) also prohibit bike riding for similar reasons. </ref> | |||
==Swings== | ==Swings== | ||
# It’s permissible to climb a swing set, but it is forbidden to climb a tree or ascend a ladder which leans against a tree. (This is a Rabbinic prohibition related to [[Kotzer]]). <Ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:15 </ref> | # It’s permissible to climb a swing set, but it is forbidden to climb a tree or ascend a ladder which leans against a tree. (This is a Rabbinic prohibition related to [[Kotzer]]). <Ref> Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:15 </ref> | ||
