May one handle and cut spice branches on Shabbat to smell them?
Synopsis
One may handle spice branches (besamim), cut them by hand, and rub them to release fragrance. Cutting with a tool is forbidden. The exemption from tikkun kli for adding fragrance does not extend to creating fragrance in a garment or other object.
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