Anonymous

General Laws of Muktzeh: Difference between revisions

From Halachipedia
Line 74: Line 74:
## If someone has intention to use a book or newspaper which is forbidden to read always or if it is forbidden to read on Shabbat, for them it isn’t muktzeh.<ref>Tiltulei Shabbat p. 138 fnt. 10 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that if someone has intention to use a muktzeh machmat isur and violate the isur it isn’t muktzeh. This is relevant to business newspapers or inappropriate books which are forbidden to read. He also cites Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach as holding it isn’t muktzeh but limiting it to him but for others it would be muktzeh.</ref>
## If someone has intention to use a book or newspaper which is forbidden to read always or if it is forbidden to read on Shabbat, for them it isn’t muktzeh.<ref>Tiltulei Shabbat p. 138 fnt. 10 quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as holding that if someone has intention to use a muktzeh machmat isur and violate the isur it isn’t muktzeh. This is relevant to business newspapers or inappropriate books which are forbidden to read. He also cites Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach as holding it isn’t muktzeh but limiting it to him but for others it would be muktzeh.</ref>


==Muktzeh of a Non-Jew==
# Something that is muktzeh because it wasn't prepared isn't muktzeh if it belonged to a non-Jew because a non-Jew has intention to use all of his objects on Shabbat.<ref>Ran Shabbat 46b s.v. asah, Rama 310:2, Shulchan Aruch 498:3, 517:1</ref> Therefore, building material that the non-Jew made into something useful isn't muktzeh; for example, a piece of lumber that a non-Jew made into a ramp on Shabbat isn't muktzeh.<ref>Ran Shabbat 46b s.v. asah</ref>
# Something that is muktzeh because of a prohibition that would be necessary to prepare it is muktzeh even if it belongs to a non-Jew.<ref>Ran Shabbat 46a, Gra 310:14, Mishna Brurah 310:12, Mishna Brurah 325:21</ref>
# Something that wasn't edible at the beginning of Shabbat and wasn't going to be ready until after Shabbat if it became edible and belongs to a non-Jew it isn't muktzeh.<ref>Kol Bo 58 cited by Bet Yosef 310:2 writes that inedible grapes that were left to dry and weren't ready to be eaten all of Shabbat and would be forbidden for a Jew if it belongs to a non-Jew it is permitted. The Rama 310:2 codifies the Kol Bo.</ref> Others argue.<ref>The Bet Meir argues that the Ran 46b would be strict since it couldn't possibly have been designated to be used before Shabbat since it wasn't edible. Mishna Brurah 310:13 cites this Bet Meir and limits the Rama to a case where it was partially edible before Shabbat.</ref>
# Something that was attached to the ground or an animal that wasn't trapped is muktzeh even though it belonged to a non-Jew at the beginning of Shabbat.<ref>Rashi Beitzah 24b, Shulchan Aruch 325:5, Mishna Brurah 325:21</ref>
#Something that was inedible and became edible in the middle of Shabbat as a result of the non-Jew's cooking is muktzeh since it started Shabbat as muktzeh even if the food belongs to a non-Jew. This is relevant to bread baked by a non-Jew on Shabbat.<ref>
Rosh Beitzah 3:17 writes that a non-Jew who baked flour into bread isn't muktzeh even though the flour wasn't edible at the beginning of Shabbat since the non-Jew made it permitted. He cites Rabbenu Tam who was strict. Shulchan Aruch 325:4 cites the dispute and is strict.</ref>
# Something that was made on Shabbat and is nolad, some say that if it belongs to a non-Jew it isn't nolad, some say that it is muktzeh.<ref>Magen Avraham 308:15 is strict that if a non-Jew made a utensil on Shabbat that it is nolad and muktzeh even if it belongs to the non-Jew. Levush 505:1 is lenient. Nishmat Avraham second edition p. 576 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman that a fax that came in on Shabbat is nolad on Shabbat but a newspaper made on Shabbat isn't nolad since there's no muktzeh on a non-Jew's property.</ref>
# These rules of a non-Jew apply also to a non-religious Jew.<ref>Chatom Sofer Mamarim Chadashim Toldot p. 98</ref>
==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
<references/>
[[Category:Shabbat]]
[[Category:Shabbat]]
[[Category:Muktzeh]]
[[Category:Muktzeh]]