Various Games on Shabbat
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Question
Hello, Are Monopoly games or strategy games where assets are conquered forbidden on Shabbat? And if not, is there a sense of weekday activity when playing them, and therefore someone who is stringent would refrain from playing? What about table tennis (ping pong)?
Answer
Hello
Buying and selling games are only permitted for children up to the age of Bar Mitzvah.
Ball games: for Ashkenazim - permitted, for Sephardim - forbidden. According to the Sephardic view, the ball is considered muktzeh.
Of course, Shabbat is given for Torah and rest, not for games, and a God-fearing person will minimize this.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Laws of Shabbat, Siman 338, Seif 45
It is forbidden to play with a ball on Shabbat and Yom Tov. Gloss: Some permit, and it is customary to be lenient