[Avodah] Is a Bell Definitely Mukze?

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 06:52:25PM +0100, Arie Folger wrote:
: Note that I did not suggest anyone rules like TaZ. It was AhS vs.
: Ramo. The posseq a'haron (or rather, peissek acharein in this case
: ;-)) is nice, but I am wondering about citations now. To put it
: differently, would you now unquestionably use a bell on Shabbos, as
: long as you do not intend to form a melody or rythm?

I would have no qualms about doing so, but I would think that in practice,
it would come across as lehachisnik.

Rav Dovid told me just minutes before my going to the chuppah that
my new home must have an AhS as "that's how we hold". (I remember
that in English, and while that's possible, it's more likely a trick
memory translating from a Hebrew or Yiddish original.) It made a strong
impression, as was probably intended.

What would the AhS have said about using a gramaphone (or a crank powered
record player) to listen to a shiur or speech? It would also create a
distinction between a musical instrument and a Kindle capable of playing
MP3s, but needn't be musical MP3s -- the function is there for Audiobooks.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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