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# It is only permissible to nurse on [[Shabbat]] if the infant feeds directly from the mother. A nursing mother who is experiencing pain may express excess milk if it goes directly to waste and is not collected in a cup or container. <ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 356) </ref> | # It is only permissible to nurse on [[Shabbat]] if the infant feeds directly from the mother. A nursing mother who is experiencing pain may express excess milk if it goes directly to waste and is not collected in a cup or container. <ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 356) </ref> | ||
# With regard to preparing food for a child one should be careful to avoid any ''shailos'' of ''[[bishul]]'' ([[cooking]]). Therefore when preparing a bottle of (powdered or liquid) formula one should first pour in the hot water and then put in the formula<ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 1:49 footnote 138, Shar Hatzion 318:96</ref>. This is assuming that the formula has been previously cooked to a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit. One is allowed to place a bottle of milk inside a cup of boiling hot water, however one should try to make sure that the entire bottle does not go under the water in order to avoid ''[[hatmana]]'' (insulating) according to all Poskim<ref>Taz 258:1, M.B. 258:2, Shar Hatzion 258: 5</ref>. | # With regard to preparing food for a child one should be careful to avoid any ''shailos'' of ''[[bishul]]'' ([[cooking]]). Therefore when preparing a bottle of (powdered or liquid) formula one should first pour in the hot water and then put in the formula<ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 1:49 footnote 138, Shar Hatzion 318:96</ref>. This is assuming that the formula has been previously cooked to a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
# One is allowed to place a cold bottle of milk inside a cup of boiling hot water, however one should try to make sure that the entire bottle does not go under the water in order to avoid ''[[hatmana]]'' (insulating) according to all Poskim<ref>Taz 258:1, M.B. 258:2, Shar Hatzion 258: 5</ref>. | |||
# While it is permitted to nurse a child on [[Shabbos]] a woman may not pump extra milk to have for a later time as she would be transgressing the ''melacha'' of ''mefarek'' (extracting)<ref> S.A. 328:34, Bh”L D”h V’Tineck</ref>. However in the event that the woman is in pain she may express her milk directly into a sink<ref>S.A. 330:8</ref>. In the event that this is not practical, the Poskim permit one to use a pump providing that there is soap or vinegar in the bottle that would immediately render the milk useless<ref> Taz 320:12, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 36:20 footnote 61</ref>. She should then pour the milk directly into the sink when she is done. If she does not have a manual pump and is in significant pain she may even ask a non-Jew to turn on an electric pump for her<ref>S.A. 328:17</ref>. If she knows prior to [[Shabbos]] that she will need to express milk due to pain and she does not have a manual pump, she would be permitted, on Friday, to set her pump to turn on with a [[Shabbos]] clock<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz, Shlita. Although if one can secure for themselves a manual pump that would be more Halachically preferable as R' Y.S. Elyashiv was under the impression that by using the electric pump you are causing the motor to work harder. Therefore even when one would rely on this heter one should secure the pump onto oneself prior to the time that the machine is set to go on</ref>. | # While it is permitted to nurse a child on [[Shabbos]] a woman may not pump extra milk to have for a later time as she would be transgressing the ''melacha'' of ''mefarek'' (extracting)<ref> S.A. 328:34, Bh”L D”h V’Tineck</ref>. However in the event that the woman is in pain she may express her milk directly into a sink<ref>S.A. 330:8</ref>. In the event that this is not practical, the Poskim permit one to use a pump providing that there is soap or vinegar in the bottle that would immediately render the milk useless<ref> Taz 320:12, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 36:20 footnote 61</ref>. She should then pour the milk directly into the sink when she is done. If she does not have a manual pump and is in significant pain she may even ask a non-Jew to turn on an electric pump for her<ref>S.A. 328:17</ref>. If she knows prior to [[Shabbos]] that she will need to express milk due to pain and she does not have a manual pump, she would be permitted, on Friday, to set her pump to turn on with a [[Shabbos]] clock<ref>Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz, Shlita. Although if one can secure for themselves a manual pump that would be more Halachically preferable as R' Y.S. Elyashiv was under the impression that by using the electric pump you are causing the motor to work harder. Therefore even when one would rely on this heter one should secure the pump onto oneself prior to the time that the machine is set to go on</ref>. | ||
