Plastic cover for a stroller on Shabbat
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Question
Shalom, I would like to know if there is any problem with putting a plastic cover on a stroller on Shabbat, and whether there is any solution.
Answer
Shalom uVracha
There is a problem with this, because it is forbidden on Shabbat to spread a roof or canopy when there is an empty space beneath it of the height of a tefach.
The solution is first to open the stroller’s canopy to the height of one tefach (about 10 cm), and only afterwards to place the plastic cover over the canopy and stroller. In this way it is considered merely “adding to an existing tent (ohel),” which is permitted.
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