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# Opening containers on [[Shabbat]] involves several prohibited activities including ripping, making a useful container, finishing a vessel, and erasing letters. <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 831-2) </ref> | # Opening containers on [[Shabbat]] involves several prohibited activities including ripping, making a useful container, finishing a vessel, and erasing letters. <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 831-2) </ref> | ||
==Opening a bag or container on | ==Opening a bag or container on Shabbat== | ||
# If a container (bag, can, or bottle) is usually reused after having been emptied are forbidden to open whether or not one intends to reuse it. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:2, Shabbos Kitchen (pg 187-8) similarly forbids opening wrappers, bags, and boxes, unless one rips it to the extent that the bag is unusable afterwards and one is careful about not ripping the letters. </ref> | # If a container (bag, can, or bottle) is usually reused after having been emptied are forbidden to open whether or not one intends to reuse it. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:2, Shabbos Kitchen (pg 187-8) similarly forbids opening wrappers, bags, and boxes, unless one rips it to the extent that the bag is unusable afterwards and one is careful about not ripping the letters. </ref> | ||
# If a container is usually used to keep the original contents after having been opened, but not usually reused, it’s forbidden to open on [[Shabbat]]. However, some are lenient if one really intends not to reuse it and one does not make a neat convenient opening. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:3 </ref> | # If a container is usually used to keep the original contents after having been opened, but not usually reused, it’s forbidden to open on [[Shabbat]]. However, some are lenient if one really intends not to reuse it and one does not make a neat convenient opening. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:3 </ref> | ||
