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DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys

10th Grade - Rabbi Cooper

Intro Worksheet /

The Four Types of Dirt1) Non-Absorbed lint, feather, hair

a. Since it is sitting on the surface you are allowed to remove it with yourhands

b. You cannot use a brush because of 2) Absorbed and small dust, confectionary sugar

a. If it is absorbed into the fabric you cannot shake, brush, or hit the clothingb. The one thing you are allowed to do is blow off the surface dust.

3) Absorbed and Dry rice with sauted mushroomsa. If rice with sauted mushrooms falls on your pants what can you do?b. You cannot apply water or soak it

i. If removing it will not leave a residue behind then it is to

remove.ii. If removing it will leave a residue, then you are allowed to remove

the stuff with a 1. Examples

a. Remove with the back of a spoon or knifeb. flick opposite side of material

iii. Why is this permitted?iv. Because you are only removing a layer of dirt but it is not being

cleaned (there is still the residue)4) Absorbed and Wet wine juice soda

a. You may not clean in any way the wet material

Will There Be a

Stain Remaining?

YesIs the Stain

Moist or Dry?

No THEN

GENERALLY

MoistHow are youremoving it?

DryIs there a problemwith with it?

Using a brush orrubbing it hard

Dry towel or back ofknife or back of

fingernail

YesGenerally is

No

You could ask a to remove the stain

for

Requires 3conditions to be

allowed

1) Youwould wear

it anyways2) No 3) Do itsoftly


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Worksheet #1 /

In this we will learn how to

Wash dishesClean the table

Clean muddy shoesPut seltzer/water on a stain on your shirt

Whether it is permissible to have a water-fight on ShabbosWhether it is permissible to remove dust from your clothing

1) The prohibition of laundering is learned from the __________________ whichwas done to make the _______________ in the .

2) There are two forms of cleaninga. Cleaning that involves waterb. Cleaning that does not involve water

3) The three forms of that involve water are ______________, ______________, & ______________. [Think of the three cycles of a washing machine]

4) _______________ is only on absorbent fabrics and materials but not on non-absorbent ones.

5) Why is it permissible to dry a wet countertop with a paper towel isnt it ?

R Moshe Feinstein has a famous regarding the of and disposablepaper towels/napkins. He holds that soaking a paper towel in clean water is not

) because (not to be confused with____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Therefore it is to wipe a countertop clean since the countertop is non-absorbent and you are using a paper towel.

6) Others do not agree with R Moshe. They hold that you can even use a towel towipe up a spill as long as it is _____________________________.

7) You spilled grape juice on the table and it is sticky. What action are you allowedto do lightly but not too heavily? _________________________

8) The difference between and is

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fact: Squeezing a dirty & wet object extracts the dirt through the removal of thewater (the dirt is carried out with the liquid).


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Worksheet # 2 /Clothing Care on Shabbos

1) Caught in a Down-Pour

a. Walking in wet socks is and does not violate .

b. If your laces became untied while walking, you can only tie them gently in

a loose bow knot and not tugged tightly (as normally done).

c. To untie your shoe laces do it gently.

The reason why this is permitted is because it is not or a

Try to avoid tugging hard to avoid .

You should not put on wet socks on Shabbos.

d. When it comes to hanging up your wet clothes, the halacha provides a

limitation: you should not hang the wet clothes in a place where you

normally dry them, like a laundry room (or in the shower).

i. This is because of the concept of it would seem to a

casual observer that youve just washed the clothes and are now

hanging them to dry. To avoid this mis-impression, the Sages

required that we hang the clothes in an unusual way or place.

1. Example your socks, undershirt are wet you cannot

hang them up in the usual places to dry

ii. The exception to this rule is a raincoat (outerwear) which you

would be allowed to hang in the shower since nobody will think

that you just washed your raincoat and youre currently drying it

rather theyll assume it got wet from the rain


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e. What about hanging up wet dry cleaned clothing?

i. Some Poskim (including R Elyashiv) contend that since it is

common knowledge that these types of clothing get ruin when

washed, the onlooker will know that the clothing is not being dried

from a fresh washing but rather is wet from the rain as well.

ii. This is true even for some womens clothing that is washable, but

normally dry cleaned. Here too you could hang the clothing to dry

in the shower or laundry room.

2) Caught in Snow-Storm

a. While removing the snow you have to be careful not to violate

b. It is best to lightly shake off the snow or blow it off (if you shake it hard it

will force the water out of the fabric -

3) Folding Clothing or a on Shabbos

a. The final stage of laundering clothing is folding

b. According to the - folding any clothing on the creases is

unless you have fulfilled 4 conditions:

i. The garment you are folding is the only garment you have

ii. Must be a new garment that was never washed

iii. Must be white and not colored

iv. Must do t by yourself (cant ask your friend to do it for you)


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c. According to the , this prohibition of folding on the creases

doesnt apply nowadays (folding used to improve the clothing ours just

allows it to be status quo)

d. This is part of the reason why many do not fold their after shul

Rabbi Willig of YU (as well as many others) go like the \ that

say it is .

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