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MB3 114b: Moving a Dead Body on Shabbos (311:1-2)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

A dead body has the status of muktzah on Shabbos. How to move a dead body on Shabbos. What if you don't have something to put on the corpse to make it permissible to move on Shabbos? Moving it if you need the space it occupies. If the corpse is inside the house and needs to be removed before it begins to decompose.

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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