Closing Doors & Trapping On Shabbat
The Daily Halacha Moment - Closing Doors and Traping๐ช
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Question:
May one close a door if an animal is in the room?
Answer:
Even trapping an animal without explicit intention to trap the animal is problematic.
Therefore, one may not close the door to a room because one is cold if one will trap an animal that entered the room as well. [1] However, one may close a window to a room that has a sparrow trapped in it if one does not have intention to trap, such as if one is cold. [2]
If one accidentally captured an animal, such as if one closed the door to a room, and realizes that there was an animal trapped in the room, he does not have to open the door to set the animal free. [3]
One may close the door to a room where there is an animal that is already tied up. Similarly, if an animal is trapped in a closed room, one may lock the door of the room to further secure the door. [4]
Sources:
[1]. See Chazon Ovadia, Shabbat, vol. 5, p. 97 who states that this is a disagreement in the poskim, and it is proper to be stringent. See also in Halichot Olam, vol. 4, p. 8.
[2]. See Mishnah Berurah 316:5 and Chazon Ovadia, Shabbat, vol. 5, p. 99, who explain that since the sparrow is so small, it is not considered โconfinedโ in a room on a biblical level, rather it is only rabbinically prohibited, as explained above. Therefore, since one has no intention to capture the bird, it would be permitted to close the window.
[3]. Chazon Ovadia, Shabbat, vol. 5, p. 99.
[4]. See Shulchan Aruch 316:6 and Mishnah Berurah; Chazon Ovadia, Shabbat, vol. 5, p. 100; Menuchat Ahavah, vol. 3, 17:8.
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