...Continued from the previous week
1) It is permitted to move a Kli SheMelachto L’Isur on behalf of someone else who would like to use it for a permissible use, L’Tzorech Gufo, even if you yourself will not be using it or benefitting from it at all.
2) However, according to most Poskim, this is only permitted when moving it for another Yehudi, as moving it on behalf of an Aino-Yehudi who wants to use it is prohibited, even if he will use it in a way that is permissible on Shabbos. (See Mishna Berura Siman 308 S” K 34 and Shemiras Shabbos K’Hilchasa Perek 20 footnote 20)
3) One is permitted to move a Kli SheMelachto L’Isur on behalf of an animal, when the use is deemed L’Tzorech Gufo. (See Sefer Tehila L’Dovid Siman 305 S”K 7)
4) A Kli SheMelachto L’Isur may only be moved - L’Tzorech Gufo or L’Tzorech Mekomo – if it is for the purposes of using the utensil on Shabbos.
If moving it for use after Shabbos, it is prohibited for any reason. (In addition to the issue of Hachana, preparing on Shabbos for after Shabbos, which is a prohibition in its own right.) (See Shemiras Shabbos K’Hilchasa Perek 20 footnote 20)
5) If one wants to move a Kli SheMelachto L’Isur, but there is no immediate need which would fall under the category of L’Tzorech Gufo or L’Tzorech Mekomo, he may manipulate the situation (known in Halacha as Ha’arama) and generate a situation whereas it would become L’Tzorech Gufo or L’Tzorech Mekomo, and thus permissible to move. (See Mogen Avrohom Siman 308:8)
6) For example, if one sees a cell phone on a table and doesn’t want it there, he may decide to use that table to eat something or learn there, and now that the cellphone is in a place he wants use, it is permissible to move it L’Tzorech Mekomo.
Or, if one sees a hammer in the room and it bothers him that it is there, he may decide to eat some walnuts, and now he may pick up the hammer to crack open the walnuts (assuming he doesn’t have a readily available nutcracker) and then, after using it, he may place it where it belongs.
7) A Kli SheMelachto L’Isur may be moved L’Tzorech Mekomo, if one needs the space it is occupying for a permissible use.
Thus, for example, if one is setting the table for a meal, and finds a pen, a flashlight, a calculator, or similar item on the table, the item may be picked up and moved off the table to enable the proper setting of the table.
8) Moreover, if you see a Kli SheMelachto L’Isur on the floor, in an area where people walk, and you are concerned that people may stumble on it and get hurt, you may pick it up and move it somewhere else.
This too is deemed L’Tzorech Mekomo, as you need the space where the item was to be clear and safe without obstacles.
9) A door attached to a Kli SheMelachto L’Isur, such as the door to a washing machine or clothes dryer, that was left open, and is now in the way of people trying to walk past it, or if you are concerned that people may bump into it and get hurt, may be closed on Shabbos (assuming there is no light that will go on or off due to your closing it) as this too is deemed moving Muktzeh L’Tzorech Mekomo.
10) The same applies to a drawer filled with Kelim SheMelachtom L’Isur (such as a drawer filled with pens, scissors, telephone books, tools and other such items; most kitchens have such a drawer, and it is important to be conscious to not open that drawer on Shabbos, unless under permitted conditions)
If the drawer is open, and there is a concern that it will hurt someone, or it is blocking the usual passage in that area, it may be closed, as this too is deemed L’Tzorech Mekomo.
...To be continued next week B’Ezras Hashem
