Is gathering salt from a salt deposit or similar items from their place of growth on Shabbat prohibited?
Synopsis
The Mechaber prohibits gathering salt from a salt deposit and anything from its place of growth as similar to me'amer. The Magen Avraham limits this to the place of growth, not within a house.
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