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Started by shaya , Jan 04 2012 07:23 PM

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#1 shaya

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 07:23 PM

in plain shulchan aruch it seems not to be a problem with swimming in an indoor pool on shabos, whats the isur then?
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#2 Rabbi Shapiro

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 04:51 PM

Two problems.

1) שמא יסחוט on your bathing suit,
2) If you swim without a bathing suit it is prohibited by way of Minhag. We do not immerse in pools except for Dvar MItzvah.

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#3 much2learn

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Posted 30 January 2012 - 04:25 PM

Rabbi, I'm sorry, I don't speak Hebrew well. What does #1 mean?

#4 Rabbi Shapiro

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Posted 30 January 2012 - 09:41 PM

It means it is prohibited Rabbinically because we are afraid that a person wring out his bathing suit, which is a Torah prohibition.

#5 JewishAttorney

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:41 PM

Same reason for Yom Tov, right?

#6 Rabbi Shapiro

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 07:26 PM

Yes.
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