Is it permitted to make dripping water sounds (like a water instrument) for pleasure, to put a sick person to sleep, or to wake someone up on Shabbat?
Synopsis
Dripping water into a metal vessel to produce a pleasant musical sound is forbidden as it resembles a musical instrument. For a sick person to help them sleep, it is permitted. Dripping loudly to wake someone up is permitted since it is not musical.
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