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Shabbat · Orach Chaim 313

Items That Become Muktzeh

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May one plug a window on Shabbat with a board or similar object that is not tied, if one had it in mind from erev Shabbat?

5 opinions across 2 eras

What preparation is required to use a reed designated as a lock (kaneh) on Shabbat?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Reed Used as Lock

What are the conditions under which a carpenter's peg (nagger) with a knob (glustera) may be used to lock on Shabbat?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Carpenter's Peg (Nagger)

May a carpenter's peg be used to lock when the threshold has sunken so the peg penetrates the earth below?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Nagger with Sunken Threshold

Under what conditions may one lock a door made of a reed mat or thorns hung in an infrequently-used courtyard (chatzer ha-muktze)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Courtyard Doors (Muktze)

May one lock a door made from a single board (delet almana) that is entirely removed when opened?

3 opinions

Single-Board Door

May one replace a hinge that has become partially or fully dislodged in a chest, box, or closet on Shabbat?

1 opinions

Replacing Dislodged Hinge

May one reassemble a collapsible bed (mita shel perakim) on Shabbat?

4 opinions

Collapsible Bed

May one support a broken beam with the side-rails of a bed on Shabbat?

2 opinions

Supporting Broken Beam

May one reinsert a bench leg that has fallen off on Shabbat, or lean the side with the missing leg on another bench?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Is inserting one piece of wood firmly into another (tokea etz b'etz) on Shabbat a biblical prohibition?

2 opinions

May one spread straw in a rain-flooded courtyard on Shabbat to make it walkable?

3 opinions

Spreading Straw