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Will There Be a
Stain Remaining?
Yes No –
Is the Stain THEN
Moist or Dry? GENERALLY אסור
מותר
בשעת הדחק
Worksheet #1 מכבס/מלבן
Wash dishes
Clean the table
Clean muddy shoes
Put seltzer/water on a stain on your shirt
Whether it is permissible to have a water-fight on Shabbos
Whether it is permissible to remove dust from your clothing
6) Others do not agree with R’ Moshe. They hold that you can even use a towel to
wipe up a spill as long as it is _____________________________.
7) You spilled grape juice on the table and it is sticky. What action are you allowed
to do lightly but not too heavily? _________________________
8) The difference between סחיטהand דשis
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Fact: Squeezing a dirty & wet object extracts the dirt through the removal of the
water (the dirt is carried out with the liquid).
DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys
10th Grade - Rabbi Cooper הלכות שבת
Worksheet #2 מכבס/מלבן
Clothing Care on Shabbos
1) Caught in a Down-Pour
b. If your laces became untied while walking, you can only tie them gently in
a loose bow knot and not tugged tightly (as normally done).
The reason why this is permitted is because it is not מתכווןor a פסיק רישא
limitation: you should not hang the wet clothes in a place where you
casual observer that you’ve just washed the clothes and are now
that you just washed your raincoat and you’re currently drying it –
washed, the onlooker will know that the clothing is not being dried
from a fresh washing but rather is wet from the rain as well.
ii. This is true even for some women’s clothing that is washable, but
normally dry cleaned. Here too you could hang the clothing to dry
2) Caught in Snow-Storm
a. While removing the snow you have to be careful not to violate סחיטה
b. It is best to lightly shake off the snow or blow it off (if you shake it hard it
b. According to the משנה ברורה- folding any clothing on the creases is אסור
i. The garment you are folding is the only garment you have
doesn’t apply nowadays (folding used to improve the clothing – ours just
d. This is part of the reason why many do not fold their טליתafter shul –
Rabbi Willig of YU (as well as many others)– go like the \משנה ברורהthat
say it is אסור.