Chapter 20
Categories of Muktzeh
Laws specifically relating to muktzeh on Yom Tov are explained in Chapter 21.
MUKTZEH MEI-CHAMATH GUFO
28.a. Foodstuffs which are not fit to be eaten because they have yet to be cooked or baked are muktzeh.
28.b. Examples are flour, uncooked beans or potatoes, and raw meat.
29.a. Food which one is forbidden to eat and from which one is not permitted to derive any benefit is muktzeh.
29.b. Examples are
1) chametz on the first and last days of Passover and on Shabbath occurring on one of the intermediate days of Passover,
2) chametz which on Passover remained in the possession of a Jew,
3) fruit which grows on a tree in the first three years after planting (orla) and
4) the produce which grows from seeds sown within a given distance of vines, and the grapes which grow on those vines (kil’ei kerem).
29.c. One is not allowed to pick up chametz which one finds in the street on Passover, but it is still regarded as food to the extent that one may not, by treading on it, treat it in a manner not befitting food given to us by the Almighty for our sustenance.
