Is it permitted to draw water using a wheel mechanism on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber forbids drawing water with a wheel due to concern one may water a garden or soak flax. If no garden, ruin, or flax pool is present, it is permitted. A second view restricts the prohibition to large multi-bucket wheels only.
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