| Moving Animals On Shabbat |
Day: Monday
Date: January 6, 2014
Parshat: Beshalah
Source: Yalkut Yosef: 308
If one notices an ant or a spider on the table on Shabbat he may blow it off. One may not sweep it off with his bare hands since it is a living being and therefore muktzeh. If one notices a fly in his soup he may scoop it out as long as he takes some of the soup with it so as not to transgress borer (separating). One may walk a dog on Shabbat by holding on to the collar. The same is true regarding a person using a seeing eye dog. If an animal is sitting on chair one may not push the animal with his hands to get it off the chair. However one may use his foot to encourage the animal to move.
Using a leash is also allowed on Shabbat.
However if one is using the leash in a place with no eruv he must be careful of 2 things.
1:
He has to hold the leash within a tefach of the end (furthest from the
animal) and can't let the end hang more than that . So it will be
obvious that he's holding the leash to guide the animal and not just to
transport the leash.
2. He cannot let the slack between the part
he is holding and the animal reach within a tefach of the ground.
Otherwise it won't necessarily be obvious that he is leading the animal.
(Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 305:16)
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Using a leash is also allowed on Shabbat.
ReplyDeleteHowever if one is using the leash in a place with no eruv he must be careful of 2 things.
1: He has to hold the leash within a tefach of the end (furthest from the animal) and can't let the end hang more than that . So it will be obvious that he's holding the leash to guide the animal and not just to transport the leash.
2. He cannot let the slack between the part he is holding and the animal reach within a tefach of the ground. Otherwise it won't necessarily be obvious that he is leading the animal. (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 305:16)