Infants on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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==Playpens== | ==Playpens== | ||
# As long as there are no screws, bolts (etc.) one may set up and dismantle a playpen, pac-n-play or carriage<ref> Be'er Moshe 3:85</ref>. For carriages that come with a separate bassinet (i.e. BabyJogger, Bugaboo, Rock Star etc.), one may switch them back and forth without any Halachic concerns as long as no screws are being used. One would also be allowed to add another seat to a carriage (i.e. Phil & Ted), providing that this is done on an "everyday basis", as it would then be considered the "usual mode of use"<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) heard from R' Plutchok Shlita</ref>. | # As long as there are no screws, bolts (etc.) one may set up and dismantle a playpen, pac-n-play or carriage<ref> Be'er Moshe 3:85</ref>. For carriages that come with a separate bassinet (i.e. BabyJogger, Bugaboo, Rock Star etc.), one may switch them back and forth without any Halachic concerns as long as no screws are being used. One would also be allowed to add another seat to a carriage (i.e. Phil & Ted), providing that this is done on an "everyday basis", as it would then be considered the "usual mode of use"<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) heard from R' Plutchok Shlita</ref>. | ||
==Baby | ==Baby Monitors== | ||
# Some permit using a baby monitor on Shabbat even if the baby's voice and sometimes the parent's voice when in the baby's room is transmitted to another device for the parents to hear.<ref>Halichot Olam v, 4 p. 198 cited by Tiferet 328:64</ref> | |||
==Baby Swing== | |||
# There is a dispute amongst the Poskim whether or not one may wind up a baby swing on [[Shabbos]]. While R' Moshe Feinstein ZT"L<ref> | # There is a dispute amongst the Poskim whether or not one may wind up a baby swing on [[Shabbos]]. While R' Moshe Feinstein ZT"L<ref> | ||
Sefer Tiltulai [[Shabbos]] 1: footnote 36 </ref> prohibits it on the account that it is similar to winding a watch that has stopped (which is prohibited), there are many others who are lenient, as unlike a watch, when a swing is not in motion it is not considered "broken", so winding it up is not considered "fixing" it<ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 17:39</ref>. | Sefer Tiltulai [[Shabbos]] 1: footnote 36 </ref> prohibits it on the account that it is similar to winding a watch that has stopped (which is prohibited), there are many others who are lenient, as unlike a watch, when a swing is not in motion it is not considered "broken", so winding it up is not considered "fixing" it<ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 17:39</ref>. | ||
==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||
Special thanks to Rabbi Heshy Kahn for this article. | Special thanks to Rabbi Heshy Kahn for this article. | ||
