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Shabbat: Roller Blading
You may roller blade on Shabbat.
Shabbat: Strengthening Exercise
You may not exercise on Shabbat to strengthen your body. You may exercise on Shabbat for enjoyment, for socializing, or other fun purposes if:
- No melacha is involved, and
- It does not appear to be for healing (refu'a) or health purposes.
Example You may run on Shabbat if you like to run. You may not run on Shabbat if you don't like running but would do it to lose weight or to get in shape.
Shabbat: Riding Escalators
You may ride escalators on Shabbat if they:
- Run constantly, and
- Are not controlled by a foot treadle or an electric eye.
Shabbat: Riding Elevators
You may ride on an elevator if:
- The elevator stops at all floors, or
- A non-Jew pushes the button in order to ride the elevator himself.
Note You may get off only on the floor at which the non-Jew stopped; you may not have him or her push the button for a different floor for you.
Note You must enter the elevator while the door is already open but has not yet begun to close, even if your presence keeps the door open but not if it will cause the door to open.
Note You may not ride an elevator at all if a Jew pushes the button to any floor.
Shabbat: Electricity/Electrical Devices: Turning Off
You may not turn off or disconnect an operating electrical device (such as an alarm, appliance, light, oven, or any machinery) on Shabbat, even using a shinui and even if the noise will prevent you from sleeping. You may ask a non-Jew to turn it off, but you may not ask a Jew, not even a child below bar/bat mitzva age.
Note If the device catches on fire, you may call the fire department or unplug it. However, there must be an actual danger or actual fire in order for you to disconnect it yourself. You may not disconnect the device if there is only a chance that it will catch fire.
Shabbat and Electric Eyes
You may walk into the path of an electric eye if it only prevents a door from closing but not if it causes the door to open.
Shabbat and Dragging Heavy Objects
You may drag heavy objects over soil on Shabbat, but only if:
- You don't intend to make furrows, and
- Doing so will not inevitably (psik reisha) make a furrow.
Shabbat: Replacing Doors
Due to the melacha of boneh (building), on Shabbat you may not replace a:
- Door onto its hinges, or
- Sliding door onto its track.
Shabbat: Moving Cut Flowers
You may move cut flowers in a vase or other utensil on Shabbat if they were in the vase or utensil since before Shabbat started, but if there are still some unopened buds on the stems, you may not put the cut flowers into direct sunlight.
Shabbat: Adding Water to Cut Flowers
You may not add water to cut flowers in a utensil on Shabbat.
Shabbat: Putting Cut Flowers in Water
You may not put cut flowers into a vase or other utensil (with water in it) on Shabbat.
Shabbat: Stickers
Children may apply or remove stickers used for decoration or “jewelry” if the stickers will last less than 24 hours.
Shabbat: Card Playing
Playing cards is not forbidden on Shabbat as long as you do not gamble or do melacha. You may sort a deck of cards into suits, but you must not remove unwanted cards (such as Jokers) from the deck, due to boreir.
Shabbat: Retrieving Ball
You may retrieve a ball or other item that has fallen into a bush on Shabbat, but only if you can get it without moving the bush and only if the ball is still within an eruv or the private domain from which it fell.
Shabbat: Ball Playing in Yard or Eruv
If a private yard is enclosed, playing ball is not forbidden. Within a city eruv, do not play ball.