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==Noisemakers== | ==Noisemakers== | ||
# Items which make noise such as bells, rattles, and musical instruments are Muktzeh. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:2 </ref> | # Items which make noise such as bells, rattles, and musical instruments are Muktzeh. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:2 </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible for an adult to give a baby a toy that makes noise, such as whistles, rattles, or other noisemakers. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:3 </ref> Some say that one shouldn’t give the toy to the baby but rather to place it in front of him unless the child won’t take it for himself. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 134) </ref> | # It’s permissible for an adult to give a baby a toy that makes noise, such as whistles, rattles, or other noisemakers. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:3, 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1161-2) </ref> Some say that one shouldn’t give the toy to the baby but rather to place it in front of him unless the child won’t take it for himself. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 134) </ref> | ||
# An adult shouldn’t himself use a noisemaker (such as a rattle) to entertain a baby <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:3 </ref> unless there’s a necessity such as a crying baby, and even in such a case it’s preferable to shake it in an unusual manner. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 135) </ref> | # An adult shouldn’t himself use a noisemaker (such as a rattle) to entertain a baby <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:3, 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1161) </ref> unless there’s a necessity such as a crying baby, and even in such a case it’s preferable to shake it in an unusual manner. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 135) </ref> | ||
# Children that are above the age of chinuch (approximately four years old) should be taught not to use these noisemakers on Shabbat. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 133) </ref> | # Children that are above the age of chinuch (approximately four years old) should be taught not to use these noisemakers on Shabbat. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 133) </ref> | ||
# However, toys which primary function isn’t for the noise such as a merry-go-round that clicks as is used, may be used by children on Shabbat. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 134) </ref> | # However, toys which primary function isn’t for the noise such as a merry-go-round that clicks as is used, may be used by children on Shabbat. <Ref> Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 134) </ref> | ||
==Playing with sand== | ==Playing with sand== | ||
# It’s permissible for children to play with sand that’s fine, dry, and prepared before Shabbat for this use (as in a sandbox). One may not add water to the sand on Shabbat. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:4, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 137-8), 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 253) </ref> | # It’s permissible for children to play with sand that’s fine, dry, and prepared before Shabbat for this use (as in a sandbox). One may not add water to the sand on Shabbat. <Ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:4, Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 137-8), 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 253) </ref> | ||
