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# One may not close a bag with a metal or plastic twister. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:13 </ref> | # One may not close a bag with a metal or plastic twister. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:13 </ref> | ||
==Bottle caps== | ==Bottle caps== | ||
# One may not open a metal bottle cap for the first time on Shabbat unless one first makes a hole in the cap (with a knife) that makes it unfit for covering a bottle afterwards. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:17 (in the new one, 9:18), Shabbos Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 184-6). Shabbos Kitchen (note 10) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein who allowed making a hole in the cap of a soda bottle before opening the bottle. </ref> | # One may not open a metal bottle cap for the first time on Shabbat unless one first makes a hole in the cap (with a knife) that makes it unfit for covering a bottle afterwards. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:17 (in the new one, 9:18), Shabbos Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 184-6). Shabbos Kitchen (note 10) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein who allowed making a hole in the cap of a soda bottle before opening the bottle. </ref> Some say that a less preferable option is to twist off the cap and discard it immediately (and it may be useful to have another cap handy). <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 841) </ref> | ||
# However, it’s permissible to open plastic bottle caps on Shabbat. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:18 (in the new one) </ref> | # However, it’s permissible to open plastic bottle caps on Shabbat. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:18 (in the new one), 39 Melachos (Rabbi RIbiat, vol 3, pg 841) </ref> | ||
==Plastic protective seal== | ==Plastic protective seal== | ||
# It is permissible to remove a protective plastic seal on yogurt containers and wine bottles in the normal way. <ref>Shabbos Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 188) </ref> | # It is permissible to remove a protective plastic seal on yogurt containers, tubs of butter or cottage cheese, coffee jar, and wine bottles in the normal way. <ref>Shabbos Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 188), 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 833) </ref> | ||
==Metal | ==Metal can== | ||
# One should not open a metal can unless one only opens it halfway, removes the content immediately, and throws out the can. <ref> Shabbos Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 187) </ref> | # One should not open a metal can unless one only opens it halfway, removes the content immediately, and throws out the can. <ref> Shabbos Kitchen (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, pg 187) </ref> | ||
==Milk carton== | ==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> | # 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== | |||
# When possible the juice should be opened before Shabbat, however, if it wasn't one may insert the straw to drink the juice. <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 3, pg 838) </ref> | |||
==Jars== | ==Jars== | ||
# It’s permissible to puncture the lid of a vacuum sealed jar in order to open a jar. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:21 </ref> | # It’s permissible to puncture the lid of a vacuum sealed jar in order to open a jar. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 9:21 </ref> | ||
