Chapter 28
A Miscellany Including Stationery, Clocks, Noises, Baby Carriages, Remuneration and Advance Preparations
MAKING PREPARATIONS ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV FOR A SUBSEQUENT DAY
83.a. A person may perform an otherwise permissible act whose purpose is not required until after Shabbath, if
1) it does not involve any special bother,
2) failure to perform the act on Shabbath will be, or is liable to be, detrimental and
3) performance after Shabbath, even where possible, will be ineffectual.
83.b. Consequently,
1) a person may annul his wife’s vows on Shabbath, even if the annulment is not required for the purposes of Shabbath (since failure by a husband to annul his wife’s vow on the day on which he hears of it precludes him from doing so in the future);
2) a person may rinse and soak raw meat on Shabbath, to prepare it for salting after Shabbath in accordance with halachic requirements, if
a) Shabbath is the third day after the slaughter of the animal (including the day of slaughter),
b) he forgot to salt or rinse the meat prior to Shabbath and
c) there is no non-Jew available who could do the rinsing and soaking
(since failure to salt or rinse the meat before the end of the third day would preclude one from eating it cooked in a pot in the normal way, as explained in Chapter 11, paragraph 5);
3) an object which is not muktzeh may be moved on Shabbath to avoid its being stolen or broken, even if one has no use for it until after Shabbath;
4) one may take in clothes from the yard or balcony
(subject to compliance, where relevant, with the rules set out in Chapter 17), if one fears that they will be made wet by the rain and one will be unable to wear them in the evening, after Shabbath.
