Sorting on Shabbat
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Question
Hello, Regarding the act of sorting on Shabbat, I understand there are 3 conditions: - Sorting by hand - Sorting when intending to eat - Sorting the food from the waste Regarding a meal, if sorting food using a fork, is it allowed? Also, since there is the act of sorting with tools and clothes, from which common forms of sorting should one be cautious to avoid mistakes with tools and clothes?
Answer
Hello
When a fork is used to take something out of a mixture, it is not considered sorting with a tool, but by hand. It is like an 'extended hand'.
[Sorting with a fork can be 'sorting with a tool' when the tines of the fork are used to filter something from liquids. For example, leaves from soup and similar cases, where the fork creates the sorting.]