[Avodah] magnets on Shabbat

[Doron Beckerman]

I don't see how it fits in with either definition of Tofer in Igros Moshe
(Orach Chaim II:84) - either it has to become one unit, or you have to do
an act that people would view as "keri'ah" to separate the two items. Also,
Terumas Hadeshen 296 says that if it separates easily it is not considered
a Chibbur vis-a-vis Tofer.

The English books on Muktzeh (Rabbis Bodner and Cohen) both classify
magnets as kli shemelachto lehetter, and Orchos Shabbos only raises a hava
amina regarding boneh, not tofeir.
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