Shabbat · Orach Chaim 334

Caring for the Non-Critically Ill on Shabbat

27 questions · 47 opinions

How much food may the occupants of a burning house save from a fire on Shabbat?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Saving Food

May one handle muktzeh items (such as money) to save them from a fire or from bandits on Shabbat?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Muktzeh in Emergency

May one save coarser bread after having already saved fine bread, or vice versa, from a fire on Shabbat?

1 opinions

Order of Saving

May one save food from a fire on Shabbat for use on Yom Kippur, a Yom Tov, or the following Shabbat?

1 opinions

Cross-Day Saving

How much food may one save for a sick person, elderly person, or a glutton — the same as for a typical person?

1 opinions

For Non-Average Eaters

Does the three-meal food limit apply when all food is carried in a single container?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Single Container Exception

May one save utensils and vessels needed for that day from a fire?

1 opinions

Saving Utensils

May one wear multiple layers of clothing and make multiple trips to save them from a fire?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Saving Clothing

May one instruct others to come and save food for themselves from one's burning house?

1 opinions

Saving via Others

May one save items from a fire to a courtyard that is not enclosed with an eruv?

2 opinions

Carrying to Non-Enclosed Cou…

Does the saving restriction apply equally to all areas, or is there a distinction between courtyards and other houses within an eruv?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Distinctions Between Domains

May all holy writings (kitvei kodesh) be saved from a fire, even if written in non-Hebrew languages or non-standard inks?

1 opinions

Saving Sacred Texts

Is a Megillat Esther scroll that is not written in the standard manner (Assyrian script, on parchment, in ink) saved from a fire?

2 opinions

Megillat Esther

May amulets (kameiot) containing Torah verses be saved from a fire?

2 opinions

Amulets

May the bag/case of a sefer or tefillin be saved from a fire along with its contents, even if it contains money?

1 opinions

Bags and Cases

May one save a wallet full of money from a fire if tefillin were placed inside it?

3 opinions

Saving Tefillin with Money

May one save a bag of money by placing it on a loaf of bread or a baby on Shabbat?

1 opinions

Saving Money via Permissible…

May one tell a non-Jew to save books from a fire even through the public domain?

1 opinions

Sacred Texts

Do the saving permissions for fires also apply to saving items from water or other destructive forces?

1 opinions

Saving from Other Hazards

May the blank margins of a sefer (top, bottom, between sections) be saved from a fire?

1 opinions

Margins

Are sacred texts written by heretics (apikorsim) or apostates saved from a fire?

1 opinions

Heretical Texts

May one create a barrier of vessels (including water-filled clay jugs that will burst) to stop a fire from spreading on Shabbat?

2 opinions

Indirect Extinguishing (Gram…

May one wrap oneself in a garment that has caught fire, potentially extinguishing it?

3 opinions

Garment Catching Fire

May one place liquids next to a burning garment so the fire extinguishes when it reaches them?

3 opinions

Liquids

Must one prevent a non-Jew from extinguishing a fire on Shabbat? What about a Jewish minor?

1 opinions

Non-Jew and Minor Extinguish…

May one make an indirect hint to a non-Jew (such as 'whoever extinguishes won't lose') to get them to put out a fire?

2 opinions

Indirect Hint

May one extinguish a coal in a public place where many people may be injured?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Extinguishing Coal for Publi…