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For an introduction to playing games on Shabbat, especially for those above Bar and Bat mitzvah, see the discussion page. | |||
==Children above Bar/Bat Mitzvah== | ==Children above Bar/Bat Mitzvah== | ||
# It’s highly advisable that older children (above 13 for a boy and above 12 for a girl) and adults should desist from playing games on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:1, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim pg 132). See Sh”t Or Letzion 2:45:5 who only permits games for girls under Bat Mitzvah because for adults it’s an issue of muktzah, and for boys under [[Bar Mitzvah]] it’s an issue of getting them involved in something that will cause [[Bitul Torah]]. </ref> | # It’s highly advisable that older children (above 13 for a boy and above 12 for a girl) and adults should desist from playing games on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:1, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim pg 132). See Sh”t Or Letzion 2:45:5 who only permits games for girls under Bat Mitzvah because for adults it’s an issue of muktzah, and for boys under [[Bar Mitzvah]] it’s an issue of getting them involved in something that will cause [[Bitul Torah]]. </ref> | ||
