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The Rambam · Sefer Zemanim

הלכות שבת כ״הSabbath 25

Chapter 25 of 30 in Sabbath — 26 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

יֵשׁ כְּלִי שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ לְהֶתֵּר וְהוּא הַכְּלִי שֶׁמֻּתָּר לַעֲשׂוֹת בּוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת דָּבָר שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה לוֹ בְּחל. כְּגוֹן כּוֹס לִשְׁתּוֹת בּוֹ וּקְעָרָה לֶאֱכל בָּהּ וְסַכִּין לַחְתוֹך בּוֹ בָּשָׂר וּפַת וְקֻרְנָס לִפְצֹעַ בּוֹ אֱגוֹזִים וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן:

There is something [called] a vessel the use of which is for permissible work—and that is a vessel with which one may do something on Shabbat which can be done for him on [weekdays]. For example, a cup from which to drink, a bowl from which to eat, a knife with which to cut meat or bread, a hammer with which to break open nuts and that which is similar to them.

Halacha 2ב׳

וְיֵשׁ כְּלִי שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ לְאִסּוּר וְהוּא הַכְּלִי שֶׁאָסוּר לַעֲשׂוֹת בּוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת דָּבָר שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה בּוֹ. כְּגוֹן מַכְתֶּשֶׁת וְרֵיחַיִם וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן שֶׁאָסוּר לִכְתּשׁ וְלִטְחֹן בְּשַׁבָּת:

2. And there is something [called] a vessel the use of which is for forbidden work—and that is a vessel that it is forbidden on Shabbat to do the thing that is done with it. For example, a mortar or a mill or that which is similar to them—as it is forbidden to pound and to grind on Shabbat.

Halacha 3ג׳

כָּל כְּלִי שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ לְהֶתֵּר בֵּין הָיָה שֶׁל עֵץ אוֹ שֶׁל חֶרֶס אוֹ שֶׁל אֶבֶן אוֹ שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת מֻתָּר לְטַלְטְלוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת. בֵּין בִּשְׁבִיל עַצְמוֹ שֶׁל כְּלִי בֵּין לְצֹרֶךְ מְקוֹמוֹ בֵּין לְצֹרֶךְ גּוּפוֹ. וְכָל כְּלִי שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ לְאִסּוּר בֵּין הָיָה שֶׁל עֵץ אוֹ שֶׁל חֶרֶס אוֹ שֶׁל אֲבָנִים אוֹ שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת מֻתָּר לְטַלְטְלוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת בֵּין לְצֹרֶךְ גּוּפוֹ בֵּין לְצֹרֶךְ מְקוֹמוֹ אֲבָל בִּשְׁבִיל עַצְמוֹ שֶׁל כְּלִי אָסוּר:

It is permissible to move any vessel the use of which is for permissible work—whether it was of wood or clay or stone or metal—and whether it is for the vessel's own sake, or for the need of its place or for the need of itself (its actual use). [But regarding] any vessel the use of which is for forbidden work—whether it was of wood or clay or stones or metal—it is [only] permissible to move it for the need of itself (if used for permissible work) or for the need of its place. But it is forbidden [to move it] for the vessel's own sake.

…and 21 more halachot in this chapter.

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English: Sefaria Edition, tr. R. Francis Nataf, 2019 — CC BY