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Rabbi Eliezer Zeytouneh

Halacha Minute

Small Business @ Home & Muktzeh

Lectured by Rabbi Eliezer Zeytouneh

Published
October 30, 2026
Duration
01:02

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We know that generally, merchandise that a person sells is muktzeh (set aside). Let’s say a person is a jeweler. He has jewelry, and he sells it out of the house. Now all of a sudden he says, “You know what? Nice piece of jewelry. Okay, Shabbat, let me just borrow it. Going to a Sabbath, let me just put it on.” Muktzeh. Why? A couple of reasons. Number one, machmat chisaron kis. Because we know that you're worried that it's going to lose value. It's going to fall, it's going to crack, it's going to scratch. So therefore, it becomes muktzeh.

The only one merchandise that's never muktzeh if it's fully developed is food. So let's say a person sells fried chicken from his house. He sells fried chicken Friday; he makes fried chicken, and not everything sells. He says, “You know what? I can sell this on Sunday.” Now comes Shabbat, and this kid says, “Can I have some of that fried chicken?” So the question is: it's merchandise, but it's food, and therefore, if food is fully developed, it's ready to be eaten. It's not muktzeh on Shabbat, even though usually you sell it. It's merchandise. You can eat it on Shabbat without any hesitation. Rabotai (my masters). Beracha VeHatzlacha, Shabbat Shalom UMevorach.