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# 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> | ||
==Scrabble== | ==Scrabble== | ||
# It’s forbidden to play a game that one normally writes when playing the game. <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> | # It’s forbidden to play a game that one normally writes when playing the game. <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. | |||
==Jacks== | ==Jacks== | ||
# Playing five stone (a type of jacks) is permissible and isn’t an issue of Muktze. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:11 </ref> | # Playing five stone (a type of jacks) is permissible and isn’t an issue of Muktze. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:11 </ref> | ||
