Chapter 20
Categories of Muktzeh
Laws specifically relating to muktzeh on Yom Tov are explained in Chapter 21.
MUKTZEH MEI-CHAMATH GUFO
33.a. 1) Food which one is forbidden to eat both during and after Shabbath, but which is fit for a non-Jew to eat, is not muktzeh mei-chamath gufo.
2) Consequently one may move a piece of cooked meat which does not comply with the halachic require-ments for consumption by a Jew, since it is fit to be eaten by a non-Jew.
33.b. 1) The same applies to non-kosher food which is fit to be fed only to an animal (if there is an animal in the vicinity to whom it could be given).
2) One may, therefore, move a piece of meat which is unfit for human consumption, but which is fit to be given to an animal, even if the meat is uncooked.
33.c. For the case of meat which has been cooked with milk, see paragraph 35 below.
34.a. Food which may not be eaten by its owner, but which other persons are allowed to eat, is not muktzeh and may be moved even by its owner.
34.b. 1) One example of this is food from which its owner has vowed that he personally will derive no benefit.
2) a) There is a further instance, which will be relevant when the rules of purity and defilement will again be observed to the extent that they were in Temple times.
b) This is the case of undefiled teruma or challa, which may only be eaten by kohanim who themselves are in a state of purity.
