Opening Bottles, Cans, and Packages: Difference between revisions
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* Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 1:122) holds that in theory if the can is intended to be discarded after its contents are removed then it is like a mere wrapper and not a bona fide kli. Nonetheless, he forbade opening them on Shabbat. See there for his reasons.</ref> | * Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 1:122) holds that in theory if the can is intended to be discarded after its contents are removed then it is like a mere wrapper and not a bona fide kli. Nonetheless, he forbade opening them on Shabbat. See there for his reasons.</ref> | ||
==Milk | ==Milk Carton== | ||
# It is forbidden to open a milk or juice carton which has a folding spigot for the first time. <ref>[[Shabbos]] Kitchan (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 184) </ref> Some say that preferably one should not open the folding spout but there is a lenient opinion to rely on. <ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 837-8) at first writes one should not open it, then writes some permit and concludes that preferably one shouldn't rely on the lenient opinion. </ref> | # It is forbidden to open a milk or juice carton which has a folding spigot for the first time.<ref>[[Shabbos]] Kitchan (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 184) </ref> Some say that preferably one should not open the folding spout but there is a lenient opinion to rely on. <ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 837-8) at first writes one should not open it, then writes some permit and concludes that preferably one shouldn't rely on the lenient opinion. </ref> | ||
==Juice Box== | ==Juice Box== | ||
[[File:Juice boxes.jpg|175px|right]] | [[File:Juice boxes.jpg|175px|right]] | ||
