General Laws of Muktzeh: Difference between revisions

Muktzeh items are items that aren't meant to be used on Shabbat. Anything fashioned by human beings, is usable, and is meant to be used for that purpose is considered a ''kli'', utensil, which generally isn't muktzeh. Every kli is either a ''[[kli shemelachto lheter]]'' if it is designated for a permitted purpose on Shabbat, a ''[[kli shemelachto lisur]]'' if it is designated for a prohibited purpose on Shabbat, or [[muktzeh machmat chisaron kis]] if it is so expensive or fragile that isn’t designated to be used for anything on Shabbat.<ref>Mishna Brurah 308:72-73 writes that there are three considerations to consider it a kli: it is fashioned by a human, it is usable, and it is meant to be used for that purpose. See Shitah Mikubeset Beitzah 31b s.v. hani who writes that anything that is fashioned by a human is a kli. Anytime a kli is usable it isn’t muktzeh, but a non-kli like a rock is only non-muktzeh if a person did an action to permit it. Ritva Shabbat 124b s.v. hani agrees.</ref>