Knocking on the Door on Shabbat
Question
Hello Rabbi, can a person knock on the door of the house on Shabbat, 3-4 knocks? Is there no melody or sound production in this?
Answer
Hello Rabbi
It is permitted to knock on the door, but not in the form of a song or with a specific rhythm.
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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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Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 338, Se'if 1. See also Biur Halacha where the Gaon, Rabbi Eliyahu, prohibits in any case.
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