Chapter 22
General Principles Relating to Muktzeh on Shabbath and Yom Tov
MATTER OF A REPULSIVE NATURE
42.a. Anything which one finds offensive because of its repulsive nature may be removed on Shabbath, even with one’s hand-despite the fact that it is muktzeh-from a place where it disturbs one and thrown in the garbage or down the toilet.
42.b. Instances of items which could fall within this category are excrement, refuse, bones (including those which are not fit even for animal consumption), a dead mouse and the carcass of a cat.
42.c. Items of this kind may be removed not only from the house, but also if they are, for example,
1) in such a position in the street* that they disturb passers-by, or
2) in a place where their smell is a nuisance to people in the vicinity.
43. A dirty pot, even if it is a keli she-melachto le-issur (see Chapter 20, paragraph 15), may be taken back from the dining room to the kitchen after it has been emptied.
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*in a place where there is an eiruv.
