Game on Shabbos for Sheva Brachos

Question

We saw a cute game once where two people hold up a string and the choson and kalah have to peg a whole load of (dry) clothes from a bag and hang up with a peg the washing as quickly as possible. Although really hanging up wet washing is a problem, would doing this indoors just for a game be allowed?

Answer

Shalom!

Thank you for your question.

It is permitted to play such a game on Shabbos with dry laundry.

One should not do this with wet laundry due to a number of possible concerns, such as muktza, maris ayin, sechita, and more. 

Source

O.C. 301:45,46; 302:9 and commentaries




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