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===Cleaning Under One's Nails=== | ===Cleaning Under One's Nails=== | ||
#Some say that it is forbidden to scrap away the dirt under one's fingernails on Shabbat because of memachaik as it | #Some say that it is forbidden to scrap away the dirt under one's fingernails on Shabbat because of memachaik as it smooths out the nail.<ref>Magen Avraham 161:5, Aruch Hashulchan 161:3, Ben Ish Chai (Shana Rishona, Kedoshim, no. 24) </ref> Others are lenient as long as one doesn't scratch the actual nail.<ref>Eliya Rabba 161:5, Mishna Brurah (Biur Halacha 161 s.v. vehu), Kaf Hachaim 161:15, Halacha Brurah 161:4</ref> | ||
===Food=== | ===Food=== | ||
#It is permitted to smear something over a piece of bread, such as butter onto bread. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 80:58. | #It is permitted to smear something over a piece of bread, such as butter onto bread.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 80:58. | ||
*Darchei Moshe 321:3 quotes the opinion of the Mordechai that just like the melacha of ibud, tanning, does not apply to food neither does Memachaik. Midirabanan there is ibud on foods, and this would be true for Memachaik as well. However, in the Shulchan Aruch 321:19, the Rama writes that if the food can be eaten without the smearing it is permissible. He adds that those who are stringent, are blessed. Mishna Brura 321:82 says that it is permissible to spread something over a piece of bread. In Biur Halacha “tavo alav bracha,” he adds another reason to be lenient based on the Smak that if you don’t intend to smooth but just want to cover the empty area, then it is permissible. The bracha to which the Rama refers is if you’re not smearing for eating but rather to make a nice design.</ref> | *Darchei Moshe 321:3 quotes the opinion of the Mordechai that just like the melacha of ibud, tanning, does not apply to food neither does Memachaik. Midirabanan there is ibud on foods, and this would be true for Memachaik as well. However, in the Shulchan Aruch 321:19, the Rama writes that if the food can be eaten without the smearing it is permissible. He adds that those who are stringent, are blessed. Mishna Brura 321:82 says that it is permissible to spread something over a piece of bread. In Biur Halacha “tavo alav bracha,” he adds another reason to be lenient based on the Smak that if you don’t intend to smooth but just want to cover the empty area, then it is permissible. The bracha to which the Rama refers is if you’re not smearing for eating but rather to make a nice design.</ref> | ||
===Cleaning Shoes=== | ===Cleaning Shoes=== | ||
#One should not use a knife to scrape the mud off of leather shoes since you will inevitably smooth the leather. <ref>Gemara [[Shabbat]] 141b, Shulchan Aruch 302:8, 39 Melachot pg. 914-915 </ref> | #One should not use a knife to scrape the mud off of leather shoes since you will inevitably smooth the leather.<ref>Gemara [[Shabbat]] 141b, Shulchan Aruch 302:8, 39 Melachot pg. 914-915 </ref> | ||
===Brushing Teeth=== | ===Brushing Teeth=== | ||
