#241: Practical Applications of Me'amer
1. Based on what we have learned concerning the parameters of me’amer, there are not many practical cases that are forbidden. One case that might be forbidden according to some poskim is picking up a large amount of fruit and gathering them together. Yet, as noted yesterday, some permit gathering fruits indoors. All agree that one may gather the scattered fruit or vegetables together on the floor if one does not use one’s hands, such as when sweeping them together with a broom (Orchot Shabbat 18:85). One may also gather together only a few at a time when needed for Shabbat, either indoors or outdoors, as that is not considered excessive effort (Shulchan Aruch, O.C. 335:5).
2. It is forbidden to string pearls or beads together on a Rabbinic level for a very different reason–it resembles the melachah of boneh, (building) (Ayil Meshulash 10:12; Yalkut Yosef 335:4). If pearls fall off their chain, they may be collected and placed in one spot to be strung together after Shabbat.
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Dedicated by Fran Broder as a zechus for the hostages to be released safely to their families and may everlasting peace come to Eretz Yisrael in the merit of learning Hilchos Shabbos.
