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==Hand Warmers on Shabbat== | ==Hand Warmers on Shabbat== | ||
# It is problematic to use a hand warmer on Shabbat.<ref>Yeshurun v. 21 by Rabbi Menasheh Shimon describes the issues with using a hand | # It is problematic to use a hand warmer on Shabbat.<ref>Yeshurun v. 21 by Rabbi Menasheh Shimon describes the issues with using a hand | ||
warmer on Shabbat. 1) Bishul. It isn't bishul since it doesn't reach a temperature of Yad Soledet Bo. 2) Makeh Bpatish. By squeezing it the hand warmer is completed. Perhaps that doesn't apply since one only exposes it to oxygen which causes it to heat up and Makeh Bpatish can't be violated indirectly. 3) Molid. Changing the form of an item is molid. However, it is a dispute in many cases such as making ice, crushing ice, making seltzer, and using whipped cream. Rabbi Shimon concludes that it is permitted only in cases of great need. Rav Zalman Nechemya Goldberg said that it is preferable to use the hand warmers in an abnormal way. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/868525/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-hand-warmers-on-shabbos/ Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] quoted Rabbi Rice who quoted Rav Schachter that ruled it was forbidden because of Molid. He also cited Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu who said it was molid.</ref> | warmer on Shabbat. 1) Bishul. It isn't bishul since it doesn't reach a temperature of Yad Soledet Bo. [Note, that in practice the average temperature of hand warmers is 135 degrees ([https://www.amazon.com/HotHands-Hand-Warmers-Activated-Individual/dp/B01IW3UDXK#:~:text=Average%20Temperature%3A%20135%20degrees%20Fahrenheit%20(57%20degrees%20Celsius).&text=Max%20Temperature%3A%20158%20degrees%20Fahrenheit%20(70%20degrees%20Celsius).&text=Ingredients%3A%20Iron%20Powder%2C%20Water%2C,Activated%20Charcoal%2C%20and%20Wood%20Fiber. Amazon]) and could very well be yad soledet bo.] 2) Makeh Bpatish. By squeezing it the hand warmer is completed. Perhaps that doesn't apply since one only exposes it to oxygen which causes it to heat up and Makeh Bpatish can't be violated indirectly. 3) Molid. Changing the form of an item is molid. However, it is a dispute in many cases such as making ice, crushing ice, making seltzer, and using whipped cream. Rabbi Shimon concludes that it is permitted only in cases of great need. Rav Zalman Nechemya Goldberg said that it is preferable to use the hand warmers in an abnormal way. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/868525/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-hand-warmers-on-shabbos/ Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] quoted Rabbi Rice who quoted Rav Schachter that ruled it was forbidden because of Molid. He also cited Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu who said it was molid. Rabbi Lebowitz wasn't concerned about bishul since it is chemical heat and not produced by a fire.</ref> | ||
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