Tuesday, June 20, 2017

melacha creative work - Is one allowed to wear a tallit that has writing on the collar on Shabbat or Yom Tov?


Many of the large tallitot contain writing on the atarah ("collar"). Is one allowed to unfold or fold such a tallit on Shabbat or Yom Tov?


When unfolding, one is putting words together - is that a case of "writing"? When folding it, one is possibly "erasing" the words.


If this is not a problem, why not? If it is a problem, can one wear the tallit if it is already stretched out before Shabbat, and if he doesn't fold it after he is done. or would it be considered muktzah?




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