May one spread a folded garment (tallit kefulah) that was set up with strings before Shabbat?
Synopsis
A folded garment draped over a pole with strings attached before Shabbat (to extend it) may be spread and dismantled on Shabbat, because the strings indicate preparation and the act is treated as adding to an existing ohel rather than creating a new one.
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