Ice Cubes on Shabbat
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Question
Hello,
If a person's wife is pregnant and she requests to freeze ice cubes on Shabbat after they have run out for the needs of Shabbat, is this considered a great necessity and permitted?
Answer
Hello
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita, it is permitted to freeze water on Shabbat.
[Even not for the needs of a pregnant woman].
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 320, Sif 11, and only crushing ice into water is mentioned, not the reverse.
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