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#Diapers which have an adhesive that needs to be unfastened and then taped onto the diaper. While it is praiseworthy to be stringent and unfasten them and then refasten them again before [[Shabbos]],<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:81. Hence when putting on the diaper you would not be "[[ripping]]" something that was "sewn" for over twenty four hours.</ref> one can be lenient if he failed to do so.<ref>Sha'arim Metzuyanim L'Halacha 80:45</ref> | #Diapers which have an adhesive that needs to be unfastened and then taped onto the diaper. While it is praiseworthy to be stringent and unfasten them and then refasten them again before [[Shabbos]],<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:81. Hence when putting on the diaper you would not be "[[ripping]]" something that was "sewn" for over twenty four hours.</ref> one can be lenient if he failed to do so.<ref>Sha'arim Metzuyanim L'Halacha 80:45</ref> | ||
===Tearing to Separate Flaps=== | ===Tearing to Separate Flaps=== | ||
#It is permitted to open a diaper on Shabbat even if the flaps are stuck to the back of the diaper and they need to be torn on the perforations to be opened.<ref>39 Melachot v. 3 p. 846 writes that the flaps are only connected to the back of the diaper in the cutting process and because of the friction they are connected. The same is true of the packaging process. Since they are only connected temporarily it isn't [[koreah]] to tear it apart (see Mishna Brurah 340:45 regarding pages stuck together). Similarly, it isn't [[makeh bpatish]] since it already resembled a diaper when it was cut even before it was completed. Therefore, tearing these flaps isn't creating a diaper.</ref> | #It is permitted to open a diaper on Shabbat even if the flaps are stuck to the back of the diaper and they need to be torn on the perforations to be opened.<ref>39 Melachot v. 3 p. 846 writes that the flaps are only connected to the back of the diaper in the cutting process and because of the friction they are connected. The same is true of the packaging process. Since they are only connected temporarily it isn't [[koreah]] to tear it apart (see Mishna Brurah 340:45 regarding pages stuck together). Similarly, it isn't [[makeh bpatish]] since it already resembled a diaper when it was cut even before it was completed. Therefore, tearing these flaps isn't creating a diaper. Dor Hamelaktim v. 6 p. 3773 quotes Shabbos Home (p. 95), Children in Halacha (p. 117), Nishmat Shabbat 340:194, Mechzeh Eliyahu (Piyha Patcha Bchachma 1:12:7:1), Orchot Shabbat ch. 11 fnt. 41, Shvut Yitzchak v. 13 p. 241, Torat Hamelachot 340:34 quoting Rav Karelitz as lenient. On the other hand, they quote Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz that it is makeh bpatish to separate the sides on Shabbat since in the factory the edges are connected before it is useable since it is only cut afterwards. They include a letter from Pampers that this indeed is how it is made in the factory.</ref> | ||
===Wetness Indicator=== | ===Wetness Indicator=== | ||
#One may use a diaper which has a wetness indicator on [[Shabbat]].<ref> Shimirat Shabbat K'hilchata 15:88. The reason being that one does not care about the color, even though it is convenient since the main function of the diaper is for its intended purpose and not for design it would be a [[davar sh'eno mitkaven]].</ref> | #One may use a diaper which has a wetness indicator on [[Shabbat]].<ref> Shimirat Shabbat K'hilchata 15:88. The reason being that one does not care about the color, even though it is convenient since the main function of the diaper is for its intended purpose and not for design it would be a [[davar sh'eno mitkaven]].</ref> | ||
