Chapter 84 : Laws Regarding Carrying Garments and Ornaments

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§1

It is forbidden to walk out into a public domain or a karmelis with article that is neither a garment nor an ornament. Therefore, you may not go out with a needle stuck in your garment, or even a pin without an eye. Even when he needs it for his clothes a man should follow the stringent view. However, since women usually fasten their ribbons, kerchiefs and similar things with pins, she is permitted to go out with [pins] for her dressing2 needs,3 but only with a pin without an eye, not with a needle with an eye.

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§2

There are certain ornaments that our Sages of blessed memory forbid to be carried on Shabbos in a public domain. Some ornaments are forbidden to men and some ornaments are forbidden to women. For example, jewelry about which there is reason to be concerned that the woman might remove in order to show it to someone [is not permitted.] Now, the prevailing custom is to permit it, and the authorities wrote reasons for this, but a God-fearing person should be strict regarding this. A man should be careful not to go out with a ring on which there is no engraved seal, and he should certainly not wear a watch, even if it is attached to a gold chain that he wears around his neck, which is a piece of jewelry. But the pocket watch [is certainly considered] a burden, and is not permitted.

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§3

A silvety, even though it is made for ordinary use, since it is also a piece of jewelry, it is customary to carry it on Shabbos. But eyeglasses, even if they have silver frames, are forbidden to be carried outside.

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§4

A woman may not put a garment over her kerchief, nor should a man put a garment on his hat to protect it from the rain, for this is not the usual way the garment is worn. If their intention is that they should not be annoyed by the rain; it is permitted.

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§5

A person who is lame, or a sick person, just recovering from his illness, or a very old person, who finds it impossible to walk without a cane, is permitted to walk with a cane in his hand. But if he can walk without a cane, and he walks without one in his house, except that when he walks outside he uses it for support, he is forbidden to do so. A blind person is forbidden to go out with a cane in a city in which there is no eiruv. A person who needs no cane at all is forbidden to go out with one even in a town where there is an eiruv, because it shows disregard of the Shabbos.

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§6

A person who is shackled in chains may walk out with them [on Shabbos].

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§7

You may not walk out on stilts that people use in mud and water.

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§8

You may go out with a plaster on a wound (provided you do not place it on the wound on Shabbos) for since it is a remedy it is like an ornament. And you may wrap it in an inexpensive piece of cloth and it becomes insignificant in relation to the plaster. But an article of value, such as a scarf or the like, you must not wrap around it, because it does not become insignificant in relation to the plaster, neither is this the usual way a scarf is worn. It is therefore considered a burden.

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§9

You may go out with cotton placed in your ear to absorb discharge from the ear, provided it is tightly stuck, so that it cannot fall out. Likewise, you may walk out with a footpad or straw in your shoes, if it was placed there in a way that it cannot fall out.

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§10

A woman should not go out with a menstrual pad that she uses in order not to soil her clothing; neither may she go out with an apron which she wears for the same purpose, unless it is a real garment. But if she puts on the pad or the apron to save herself from discomfort, for if the blood dries on her skin she will suffer discomfort, she is permitted to go out with them.

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§11

When walking in a place of mud and clay, you may raise your clothes a little so that they will not be soiled but it is forbidden to raise them fully.

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§12

It is permitted to go out on Shabbos wearing two garments one over the other, even though you do not need the other garment for yourself but are taking it out for someone else. But this is true only if occasionally on weekdays you also wear two such garments, for then it is your usual way of dressing, (even though most of the time you not dress like that). But if you never wear two such garments, you are forbidden to go out with them on Shabbos, because the second one is considered a burden. The same law applies to two pairs of socks, or a large hat over a yarmulka or something similar.

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§13

If it is the custom of the community to wear a cheap belt underneath and an expensive one it is permitted to do so on Shabbos, even though now you need only one, and the second one is taken out for a friend. But if it is not the custom to wear two belts, even though you prefer personally, to dress like this, you are forbidden to do so; for since one belt is sufficient, the second one is considered a burden. In any case, you are permitted to go out with two belts where there is a garment worn between them, as for example, when the bottom belt is on your trousers and the top one on your coat, for then you have benefit and use of both.

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§14

[Regarding] a handkerchief, it is customary to wrap it under the outer garment around the trousers. You should be careful not to tie it into a double knot, one above the other. A God-fearing man who usually wears suspenders to hold up his trousers, should remove them on Shabbos, so that the handkerchief is actually used [to hold up his trousers]. Some people are accustomed to wrap the handker-chief around their neck. This is not permitted, unless you wear no other kerchief around your neck, and you are accustomed to wearing a scarf in cold weather. You must tie it in a way that is permissible; but just throwing it around your neck, letting the corners hang down in front of you, is absolutely forbidden. Likewise, it is forbidden to wrap it around your leg or your hand and to walk out with it.

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§15

Some authorities permit wearing gloves [on Shabbos], while others forbid it. [Regarding a muff] that warms both hands together, you may be more lenient.

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§16

You may go out with a tallis with tzitzis if you wear it in the usual way; but if you wear it folded around your neck in a community where it is not customary to wear it like that, it is forbidden.

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§17

If a garment has two straps or strings with which it is tied, or if it has hooks with which it is fastened, and one of them was torn off, even though the remaining one that matches it is useless, nevertheless, if you intend to repair it later by replacing its mate, the remaining one does not become insignificant to the garment. It is like a burden, and it is forbidden to go out in such a garment. But if you do not intend to repair it, therefore, since the remaining piece is useless, it is thus insignificant to the garment, and you are permitted to go out with it. If it is an article of value, such as a silk cord or a silver clasp, even if you do not intend to repair it, it is not insignificant to the garment and it is forbidden to go out with it.

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§18

Bald persons who wear a toupe on their head may go out in it on Shabbos to a public domain, because it is considered as their ornament, (provided it was prepared on erev Shabbos).

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§19

One who wears an amulet must consult a halachic authority as to whether or not he may go out with it on Shabbos, because not all amulets are of equal value. A woman who wears a stone called sternschuss to prevent miscarriage may go out with it on Shabbos.