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# 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> | # 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.) | # 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.) | ||
==Binoculars== | ==Binoculars and Telescopes== | ||
# One may focus binoculars on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 313:73, Ketzot HaShulchan 119:12 explain that this does not pose a problem of [[boneh]] because it is the regular method of use. </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> | ||
# One may focus binoculars on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 313:73, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] Kehilchita 16:45, Ketzot HaShulchan 119:12 explain that this does not pose a problem of [[boneh]] because it is the regular method of use. see also Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 6: pg. 296 </ref> | |||
==Jacks== | ==Jacks== | ||
# Playing five stone (a type of jacks) is permissible and isn’t an issue of [[Muktzeh]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:11 </ref> | # Playing five stone (a type of jacks) is permissible and isn’t an issue of [[Muktzeh]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:11 </ref> | ||
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# 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> | ||
==Puzzles== | ==Puzzles== | ||
# Some poskim permit building puzzles on [[Shabbat]], while others forbid. (See the page on [[Kotaiv]].) To avoid the issue of [[Borer]] ([[separating]]) one must be careful not to separate pieces that one doesn’t want from those that one wants. <Ref> Sh”t Or Letzion 2:45:6 writes that it’s not considered writing since it’s only for the purposes of a game (and it’s temporary). So too there’s no issue of [[Borer]] since one takes the pieces one wants and uses them immediately. This is also the opinion of Sh”t Beer Moshe 6:26, and Rav Pinchas Scheinberg quoted in Children in Halacha (pg 140), and Rav Moshe HaLevi in Menuchat Ahava (vol 3, 22:16). However, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:23 forbids if the pieces fit tight together (interlock). Similarly, Shalmei Yehuda (pg 90) quoting Rav Elyashiv and Sefer Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] (pg 25; Rabbi Yisrael Bodner) write that it’s forbidden. </ref> | # Some poskim permit building puzzles on [[Shabbat]], while others forbid. (See the page on [[Kotaiv]].) To avoid the issue of [[Borer]] ([[separating]]) one must be careful not to separate pieces that one doesn’t want from those that one wants. <Ref> Sh”t Or Letzion 2:45:6 writes that it’s not considered writing since it’s only for the purposes of a game (and it’s temporary). So too there’s no issue of [[Borer]] since one takes the pieces one wants and uses them immediately. This is also the opinion of Sh”t Beer Moshe 6:26, and Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg quoted in Children in Halacha (pg 140), and Rav Moshe HaLevi in Menuchat Ahava (vol 3, 22:16). However, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:23 forbids if the pieces fit tight together (interlock). Similarly, Shalmei Yehuda (pg 90) quoting Rav Elyashiv and Sefer Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] (pg 25; Rabbi Yisrael Bodner) write that it’s forbidden. </ref> | ||
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