PRESSING CLOTHES
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The Mishna (Shabbos 141a) states that one is allowed to loosen a layman's press, (Rashi explains) in order to remove clothes from there to wear them on Shabbos. But one may not press clothes, (as Rashi explains) because those clothes will only be used during the week. However, if it is a professional press, then a person may not touch it at all, (as Rashi explains) since it is so tightly closed, loosening it would be akin to dismantling the press. R' Yehudah says that if it was partially loosened before Shabbos, then it may be loosened some more until the clothes can be slipped out of it.
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