Thursday, May 28, 2015

Squeezing Fruits on Shabbat for a Holeh She'en Bo Sakana

Squeezing Fruits on Shabbat for a Holeh She'en Bo Sakana
Day: Thursday
Date: May 28, 2015
Parshat: Naso
Yalkut Yosef: 328


On Shabbat it is permissible to do for a Holeh She'en Bo Sakana any melacha Derabanan bishinuy. If there is no other option it is even permissible to do melachot De'oraita for a Holeh She'en Bo Sakana. Such melachot should also should be done bishinuy. As mentioned previously (see DSH from November 12, 2014) there is a Rabbinic prohibition against squeezing fruits on Shabbat that are normally squeezed for their juice. (With the exception of grapes and olives which are forbidden to squeeze MiDe'oraita). Therefore, if the doctor ordered that a Holeh She'en Bo Sakana drink fresh orange juice daily, it would be permissible to squeeze the juice bishinuy for him. Squeezing the fruits with one's left hand instead of his right is considered a shinuy.


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