[Avodah] carrying an ID card on shabbat
Micha Berger
micha at aishdas.org
Mon Mar 11 16:11:38 PDT 2013
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 03:02:54AM -0400, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: If a needle and thread are actually pushed through the actual ID card and
: the card is sewn onto a garment the same way a label or a button is sewn on,
: you might have a point. But I think an ID card may be hard plastic and
: would have to be sewn in by being enclosed in some kind of holder or pocket
: or frame, so that the pocket or holder is what is sewn onto the garment
: while the actual card is readily removable from this pocket or frame...
You're right. I didn't think through the logistics of removing the card
after Shabbos, moving it from outfit to outfit, etc...
So my case is now hypothetical. I still think the other parties on this
thread (pun intended) deny that there are very solid grounds to have
permitted the hypothetical.
-Micha
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