May one sweep on Shabbat using brooms made of wood chips/splinters (mekhabdot shel ksamim)?
Synopsis
Whether using brooms made from wood chips or dry branches is forbidden on Shabbat because the chips will inevitably break, constituting an act of demolition.
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