- Q. See question above. Thank you Rov for the answers. Can one use also a metal scrapper to break the ice on Shabbat?
A. On question 393 regarding chopping ice on Shabbos. On using a metal scrapper to break ice on a path or steps, we wrote:
“Mishna Berura (320: 36) quotes Mogen Avrohom’s opinion that there is a difference between breaking ice collected on a vessel, which the Shulchan Aruch (ibid. 10) permits and chopping ice that is attached to the ground, where it may be considered building or demolishing.
However Mishna Berura mentions that many Poskim disagree and rules that in need the ice can be broken.” Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a, therefore, permits also the use of the icicles.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman Horav, Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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