Tightening the Mask Strip - Shabbat
Question
Is it permissible to tighten the disposable mask with techelet on Shabbat? It contains a wire that helps to secure it to the nose. Or is this considered fixing an object? Please provide sources as well.
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Answer
Shalom Rav
There is no prohibition against tightening the metal strip on the face.
Bending an object that is considered fixing or building the object only occurs when a permanent shape is created in the object, like straightening a skewer.
Minor changes in the shape of the object, even if they are beneficial for use, are similar to buttoning a garment or folding a garment that does not remain permanent.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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