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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Jewish Law Corner
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll look at a few Jewish laws regarding muktzeh on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people ask whether they can touch a hammer or money on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "I'm not buying anything. I just want to move my wallet from one place to another."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in general there is confusion surrounding what we're allowed to touch on Shabbat
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what we're not allowed to touch on Shabbat (muktzeh).
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to clarify the issue. First of all, we're allowed to touch anything on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as we don't move it, there's no problem. You can touch a car, money, with your finger,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you don't move the coin--just touching muktzeh is not prohibited.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Shabbat prohibition only concerns moving something from one place to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are several different categories of laws regarding muktzeh--several categories of objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.00,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each category has its own laws. We must preface this by explaining that there are Shabbat prohibitions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are from the Torah (d'Oraita), such as the prohibition of igniting a flame or plucking a leaf
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or writing or drawing or sewing something, tearing something. All of these are Torah prohibitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person who turns the key of his car ignition on Shabbat, he is igniting a flame.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.00,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or turning on lights, or lighting a cigarette--all of these are equally severe:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are Torah prohibitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other prohibitions were added by our Sages, as part of the authority the Torah grants them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You shall safeguard My charge" [Lev.18:30]. Our Sages were given guidelines on how to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decree certain restrictions, as the Mishna says, "make a fence for the Torah" [Avot 1:1].
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must make a fence, a protective border. But they can't just decree whatever they want.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.00,0:01:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are rules in the Torah about what they're allowed to decree, what they must not decree,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.00,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, the nation of Israel, are commanded:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.00,0:01:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you shall not deviate from the word that they will tell you, right or left" [Deut.17:11].
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, once our Sages--not from this generation, but in those generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once the Talmud was completed, and a spiritual decline was apparent, our Sages saw
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they no longer had the knowledge of how spiritual worlds are structured
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make rulings according to the necessary guidelines.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they took upon themselves to refrain from making further rulings. But until the Talmud was completed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had the authority to make rulings, such as lighting Chanuka candles--which our Sages ruled--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we make the blessing of:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.00,0:02:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us to kindle the Chanuka light"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Sages ask in the Talmud, "where is this commandment?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, this is a ruling of our Sages. And the response is: we were commanded by
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you shall not deviate"--the Torah says:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you shall not deviate from the word that they will tell you, right or left"--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so once we are so commanded not do deviate, it's as if a king commands me, "follow this man,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'll show you what to do". It's an order from on high--whatever he says, you must do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he tells you to build a house, you're building it on my tab, I'll give you what's needed for it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the guidelines and instructions. So of course if a king commands this of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.00,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are commanded by the king to listen to this man. So our Sages have their guidelines,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how to make protective fences, and we are commanded not to deviate from their rulings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're talking about our Sages from those generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of their rulings was this concept of muktzeh--objects we are prohibited from moving on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that even though you're not igniting a flame, you're not tearing anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you haven't created anything, and all you did was move something from one place to another
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not everything can be moved on Shabbat. Our Sages made this ruling for several reasons:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone fiddling with a hammer might happen to, meaning, if he were allowed to move a hammer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Shabbat, could by-the-by happen to fix something with it, which means he'd transgress
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.00,0:03:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Torah prohibition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another reason for this ruling: the special Shabbat atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of the special feeling of Shabbat comes when a person enters a spiritual atmosphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if he's handling money, walking around with a wallet in his pocket,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.00,0:03:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moves all kinds of things around, he doesn't sufficiently enter the spiritual realm
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.00,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Shabbat. He's got 24 hours to disconnect himself from the radio, phone, TV, flame,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he also doesn't handle money, tools, sewing implements, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is on a different spiritual plane, his whole Shabbat has a different feel to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is elevated. Maimonides (Rambam) lists other reasons as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:04:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at all the objects we own, they can be divided into several categories:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Sages determined rules for each category, for what is allowed & what is prohibited.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One category is called Utensils Whose Purpose is Permitted (kli shemelachto leheter).
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a Utensil Whose Purpose is Permitted, you can move it for any reason you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.00,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some examples of a Utensil Whose Purpose is Permitted? Silverware, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or furniture, or clothes. These are items meant for permitted use--to wear them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat with them. Moving them on Shabbat is permitted, for any purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next category, in terms of severity, is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Utensils Whose Purpose is Prohibited (kli shemelachto leissur).
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Utensils Whose Purpose is Prohibited, meaning any object that is a utensil,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning it's not just some stone in the street--stones are not a utensil--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.00,0:04:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,branches, dirt, animals are not called utensils. But something that is a utensil,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning it has a specified purpose, such as sewing implements, writing utensils, tools--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are utensils, but their use is prohibited. Unlike silverware, or plates and so on, whose use is allowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,0:05:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their purpose is a prohibited act. A needle's purpose is sewing. A hammer, and so on--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.00,0:05:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Utensils Whose Purpose is Prohibited--must not be moved on Shabbat for a purpose other than
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.00,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Shabbat. If it's for Shabbat, for example, he has a coconut, and he wants to use a hammer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to crack it open. That is permitted on Shabbat. One is allowed to use a hammer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to crack open a coconut or any other nut. He doesn't have a nutcracker, and he wants to use a hammer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.00,0:05:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's permitted. But this is a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.00,0:05:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True, but even a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited can be moved in order to use it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.00,0:05:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an act permissible on Shabbat--such as using a hammer to crack open nuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.00,0:05:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or it can be moved because one needs the place where the object lies. You want to sit on a chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.00,0:05:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see there is a saw on the seat. You need the seat. Or you sit by the table and you see
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sewing implements on the table. One is allowed to pick them up by hand and put them in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to just toss them. Once you've lifted it for a permitted reason, because you need its place,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can take it to wherever it belongs and put it in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.00,0:06:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is called a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited--it can be moved in order to use it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.00,0:06:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a purpose permitted on Shabbat, or for the place upon which it lay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it is not for a purpose permitted on Shabbat or for the place upon which it lay,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just to move it out of the sun--he's worried the sun will ruin it--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.00,0:06:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited--he's concerned that, if it stays out in the yard,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.00,0:06:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than bringing it in to the house, it will get lost. Moving a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.00,0:06:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Shabbat is not permitted, unless it's to use it for Shabbat, or you need the place where it lay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited cannot be moved out of the sun. What he can do, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's a hammer in the yard and he's afraid it will get stolen--and one is not allowed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move the utensil to avoid theft, but he's worried someone will come into the yard
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and steal his hammer. So he can, even though he didn't intend to eat nuts, he can decide to eat nuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.00,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes the nuts and then takes the hammer in order to crack them open. After using it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.00,0:07:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the permissible way, he can put the hammer in place. And this is not considered
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.00,0:07:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prohibited Slyness (Ha'arama Asura). There are schemes that are prohibited, where we say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who are you trying to fool? What are you trying to pull?" But there are schemes that are
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.00,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within permitted limits. It's not called slyness. So he decided now to eat nuts. He'll enjoy these nuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order to crack them open, he'll need the hammer. In this manner, it's permitted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.00,0:07:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next category up in terms of severity, is called in Jewish Law, Items That Have No Specific Purpose
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.00,0:07:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(muktzeh mechamat gufo). As we said, the first category is Utensils Whose Purpose is Permitted--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.00,0:07:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything intended for a permitted use on Shabbat--can be moved for any reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.00,0:07:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's out in the yard. There's silverware out in the yard, and you're afraid it will get stolen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.00,0:07:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're allowed to bring them inside. A leather couch that the sun is beating down on--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.00,0:08:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're worried the sun will ruin it--you're allowed to bring it in to the house, because it's a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.00,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Utensil Whose Purpose is Permitted. We saw that the category of Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more severe. You can move it to use it for a permitted purpose or for its place
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.00,0:08:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use the place where it lay, but not to take it out of the sun. The next level in terms of severity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.00,0:08:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called Items With No Specific Purpose. This kind of item is not considered a utensil.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.00,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not even a utensil. For example, stones, dirt, branches, animals--you have no use for an animal
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Shabbat. Someone raising different animals in his home--beavers, rabbits, chickens and chicks
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on--all animals are considered Items With No Specific Purpose. You're allowed to pet it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.00,0:08:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're allowed to pet an animal, but you're not allowed to pick it up. Just like you're not allowed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.00,0:08:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pick up stones on Shabbat. And someone who picks up stones on Shabbat is desecrating Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:09:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, those who throw stones on cars driving past on Shabbat in the course of protests for Shabbat,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.00,0:09:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stones should be thrown on them, since THEY are actually desecrating Shabbat!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.00,0:09:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stone itself is muktzeh--you're not allowed to move a stone on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.00,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we should note that, the truth is, that those who throw stones on Shabbat are people who don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even an ounce of Fear of Heaven. Anyone familiar with this issue knows that most great rabbis
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oppose these protests. There are a few who support protesting in the streets where people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are desecrating Shabbat, others say that "his gain is offset by his loss" [Avos 5:14]--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing is gained from these protests. But even those who do call for protests always emphasize
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.00,0:09:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their announcements that violence must be avoided. And really, most of the protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as those present can attest, involves people standing around singing Shabbat songs,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.00,0:09:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking around among their group. A cheeky young guy might show up and throw a stone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.00,0:09:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he wants to see some commotion, and then policemen might ride up on horses,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.00,0:10:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course the nightly news won't show the three hours of peaceful protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.00,0:10:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather the few minutes of commotion. And then Israelis get the impression that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.00,0:10:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do haredi people do all day? They've got nothing better to do than throw stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.00,0:10:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fact--we saw it on TV. Because that's their exposure to haredim.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.00,0:10:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas, the truth is, the stone itself is muktzeh on Shabbat,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.00,0:10:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone who throws stones on Shabbat is himself desecrating Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.00,0:10:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's completely prohibited to move a stone on Shabbat. So stones, animals, branches, dirt--
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as coins, bills--are not utensils, are not like tools, sewing implements.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.00,0:10:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are classified as Items With No Specific Purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.00,0:10:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Items With No Specific Purpose cannot be moved on Shabbat,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.00,0:10:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even for a use permitted on Shabbat, or for the place upon which they lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.00,0:10:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more severe than a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited. Meaning, someone who wants
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.00,0:10:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to crack open nuts on Shabbat is not allowed to take a stone and use it to crack open nuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.00,0:10:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hammer can be used, because it is a utensil. But a stone--no. Unless, he took a rock
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.00,0:11:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made it into a utensil. How does he do this? Even if he changed nothing about the rock.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.00,0:11:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he designates it for regular use--he found some rock he really likes--
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.00,0:11:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wants to use it regularly as a nutcracker. Or, he took a rock and set it permanently by the door
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.00,0:11:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to keep it open. There's a special item that does that. But he wants to save money,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.00,0:11:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he didn't buy that item. He took a rock from the street, but it's permanently placed there,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.00,0:11:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent the door from closing. So this rock itself has become a utensil. Once it has been thus defined,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.00,0:11:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is used regularly, the rock itself has become a utensil that is permitted on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.00,0:11:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such a rock can be used as a nutcracker, etc. It's rare that a person uses a rock on a regular basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.00,0:11:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thereby turning it into a utensil. But, if he did so, it is now defined as a utensil.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.00,0:11:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are of course many more details to these laws, and it's important to learn them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.00,0:12:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our Shabbat Laws cassette tape series, we went into greater detail about all these laws:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.00,0:12:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it must be designated for eternity, or if it can be designated for a period of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.00,0:12:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those are details and right now we're just going through the basic rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.00,0:12:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one more category of muktzeh, known as
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.00,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Expensive Objects Used Only for a Specific Purpose (muktzeh mechamat chesron kis).
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.00,0:12:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited on Shabbat, such as we discussed earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.00,0:12:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hammer, saw, etc.--these are Utensils Whose Purpose is Prohibited--
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.00,0:12:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be moved for a permitted use or for their place, but cannot be brought into the shade.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.00,0:12:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, if the Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited is an item with which we take great care,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.00,0:12:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to use it for anything other than its specific purpose, such as a mohel's knife--
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.00,0:12:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used for brit milah. The mohel is very careful with this knife, and would never use it for anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.00,0:12:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he should ever want to cut paper, for example, he wouldn't use the brit milah knife.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.00,0:13:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an expensive knife. If, on Shabbat, he realizes he has nothing else, and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.00,0:13:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wants to use the brit milah knife in order to cut something permitted,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would not be allowed to use the brit milah knife. But why? We saw earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.00,0:13:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited can be moved in order to use it for a permitted purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.00,0:13:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for its place? The answer is, something you are careful not to use for anything other
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.00,0:13:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than its intended purpose because of its great value, is defined as
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.00,0:13:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an Expensive Object Used Only for a Specific Purpose. It rises to the next level of severity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.00,0:13:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known as an Expensive Object Used Only for a Specific Purpose--
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.00,0:13:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something we are careful not to use for anything other than its intended use.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.00,0:13:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An Expensive Object Used Only for a Specific Purpose cannot be used even
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.00,0:13:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a purpose permitted on Shabbat, and cannot be moved even if we need the place where it lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.00,0:13:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In summary, today we reviewed the four categories of muktzeh--objects that cannot be moved on Shabbat:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.00,0:13:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Utensil Whose Purpose is Permitted, which can be moved on Shabbat for any reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.00,0:13:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including to bring it in to the shade, a Utensil Whose Purpose is Prohibited,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.00,0:14:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is defined as a utensil, but whose intended purpose involves a Shabbat prohibition,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.00,0:14:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as tools, sewing implements, etc.--can be moved in order to use it for a purpose permitted on Shabbat,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.00,0:14:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as cracking nuts open, but cannot be brought into the shade. We also saw that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.00,0:14:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can move it if we need its spot. The next level up was Items With No Specific Purpose--
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.00,0:14:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are not even defined as utensils--such as stones, animals, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.00,0:14:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the chicken on my plate can be moved, because it's food. But a live chicken
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.00,0:14:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wandering around my yard--animals are defined as muktzeh, so I am allowed to pet them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.00,0:14:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't pick him up and move him. At home, too, I can't move him. The fourth category:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.00,0:14:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Expensive Objects Used Only for a Specific Purpose--an object that is intended for a prohibited use,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.00,0:14:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it seems we could have moved it for a permitted use or for its spot, but since we are careful
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.00,0:15:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to use it for any other purpose, it is defined as something we are prohibited from moving altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.00,0:15:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word "muktzeh" comes from the root meaning "to designate".
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.00,0:15:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, a person designates it out of his mind, takes his mind off it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.00,0:15:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he knows this is an object he will not be using on Shabbat.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.00,0:15:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started this lecture by listing a few reasons for prohibiting the movement
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.00,0:15:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of certain objects on Shabbat, and the manner in which it is prohibited. There are other reasons, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.00,0:15:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as listed by the Rambam (Maimonides) in his section on the Laws of Muktzeh.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.00,0:15:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,translated by Onkelus Translations www.onkelus.com