Chapter 22
General Principles Relating to Muktzeh on Shabbath and Yom Tov
USING, TOUCHING AND MOVING OBJECTS WHICH ARE MUKTZEH
35.a. A muktzeh object may also be moved, subject to the limitation stated in b below, if one does so by means of another article which one holds in one’s hands, so that one’s hands do not come into direct contact with the muktzeh object.
35.b. A muktzeh object may be moved in this way only for the purposes of another article which is not muktzeh.
35.c. It may not be moved in this way for the purposes of an article which is muktzeh, for example in order to prevent the muktzeh object itself from being lost or stolen, or because one needs it elsewhere.
36.a. It follows from the above that bones, shells and the like, although they are not fit for consumption even by animals, may be cleared off a table which one requires to be clean
1) by sweeping them off with a knife or with a dry cloth or brush or
2) by shaking out the tablecloth on which they are lying.
36.b. Similarly, one may sweep the floor of a room one is using. even if, in the act of sweeping, one will move an object which is muktzeh. (See, however, Chapter 23, paragraphs 1 and 2.)
36.c. If one finds the litter of bones or shells on a table offensive, one may remove them
1) even with one’s hands and
2) even if one does not need to use the clean table,
in accordance with the principles set out in paragraph 42 below.
36.d. On Yom Tov, bones and shells may be removed from the table.
1) even if they are inedible to animals as well as to human beings,
2) even if one does not find their presence offensive and
3) even with one’s hands,
so long as one requires the table to be cleared for the Yom Tov meal. (See Chapter 21, paragraph 3.)
