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# If one opened a can, bag, bottle or other container in a prohibited way, one may still eat the food on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 9:23. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (9 fnt. 76, 10 fnt. 44) explains that food in a container isn't muktzeh even if opened in a forbidden way since the container is only an obstacle (Rashba, Ran Beitzah 31b, Magen Avraham 518:14) and also there are permitted ways to open it. </ref> | # If one opened a can, bag, bottle or other container in a prohibited way, one may still eat the food on [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 9:23. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (9 fnt. 76, 10 fnt. 44) explains that food in a container isn't muktzeh even if opened in a forbidden way since the container is only an obstacle (Rashba, Ran Beitzah 31b, Magen Avraham 518:14) and also there are permitted ways to open it. </ref> | ||
# The food in the container isn’t muktzeh even if you hold that it is forbidden to open but if it was somehow opened the food is permitted.<ref>Orchot Shabbat v. 2 p. 196 quotes the Chazon Ish that food inside a container that you hold is forbidden to open is muktzeh. Orchot Shabbat disagrees since there are permitted ways to access the food even according to the Chazon Ish such as making the container unusable. Ran Beitzah 17b and Rashba Beitzah 31b clearly write that any inaccessible food which itself is edible and permitted aren’t muktzeh even if accessing them is forbidden.</ref> | # The food in the container isn’t muktzeh even if you hold that it is forbidden to open but if it was somehow opened the food is permitted.<ref>Orchot Shabbat v. 2 p. 196 quotes the Chazon Ish that food inside a container that you hold is forbidden to open is muktzeh. Orchot Shabbat disagrees since there are permitted ways to access the food even according to the Chazon Ish such as making the container unusable. Ran Beitzah 17b and Rashba Beitzah 31b clearly write that any inaccessible food which itself is edible and permitted aren’t muktzeh even if accessing them is forbidden.</ref> | ||
==Non-Food Packages and Envelopes== | |||
#A person should not open an envelope on Shabbat even by asking a non-Jew. One could hint to the non-Jew that he isn't allowed to open it on Shabbat and if he figures out to open it that is permitted.<ref>Mishna Brurah 340:41. Biur Halacha 340:13 s.v. haniyar explains that the Pri Chadash YD 118 holds that opening a letter on Shabbat is kore'ah on a Biblical level since the destruction of the envelope is constructive for accessing the letter. The Biur Halacha concludes that this would depend on Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Shimon regarding melacha shein tzaricha lgufa and as such one should be strict not to treat this is a rabbinic prohibition and ask a non-Jew even if it is a mitzvah need.</ref> | |||
# Some say that if one rips open the envelope package in a destructive fashion it is permitted.<ref>Or Letzion 2:40:5</ref> Some say it is technically permitted to open mail on Shabbat by separating the edges that were glued shut but it is better to ask a non-Jew.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef 340:14:5, Yachava Daat 6:24 citing Chacham Tzvi 39</ref> | |||
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