https://anash.org/can-i-wear-a-coat-on-shabbos-with-a-sewn-in-tracker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-i-wear-a-coat-on-shabbos-with-a-sewn-in-tracker News, Views, Inspiration Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://anash.org/can-i-wear-a-coat-on-shabbos-with-a-sewn-in-tracker/#comment-20370 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:57:56 +0000 https://anash.org/?p=559496#comment-20370 About the tracker: The Heter is based on the Alter Rebbe’s words תשמיש המלבוש. In truth the Alter Rebbe is more elaborate in סעיף ח by saying 2 things צורך המלבוש and תשמיש המלבוש. In any case, the terms are not defined here, but in סעיף מו it’s defined pretty clearly משמשות ללבישתו (meaning, he uses the item as a button or a belt etc.).
(Think of it like when wearing a Gartel outside on Shabbos, which is not really צורך המלבוש since the Kappota buttons are closed. שו”ת מנחת יצחק סי’ מא talks all about it).
In the case of the tracker, it’s not needed for the “wearing” of the garment. Just as a woman wearing ציצית on Shabbos is חייב (in סעיף מה), even though the ציצית were put there as צורך המלבוש for when a man wears it – for a woman it is not צורך המלבוש. (To explain, in order to allow a man to wear that garment it must have ציצית – so it’s צורך, in order to allow a woman to wear that garment – ציצית are not needed – so it’s not צורך.)
By the case of the labels etc. they are all Botul as the AR writes in those סעיפים.

]]>