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SCRAPING MUD OFF SHOES ON A METAL SCRAPER IN FRONT OF SHUL

SEIF 8 (Cont.)
The Taz in Seif 6 says that a sharp piece of metal that was put by the doorway of Shuls to allow people to scrape off the mud before entering, is forbidden to be used on Shabbos since one might come to scrape the leather.

SCRAPING SHOES - PART TWO

SEIF 8 (Cont.)
The Kol Bo writes that a person may scrape off wet mud but not dried-on mud, since that would be like "fixing" the shoe. Wet mud does not have as strong a bound as dried-on mud, therefore removing it is not actually considered fixing the shoe. The Bach asks why the Kol Bo created his own reason to prohibit scraping off shoes and does not learn like the rest of the Rishonim that scraping off leather is equivalent to smoothing it out. Therefore, since scraping does not depend on the type of mud, we should also prohibit scraping wet mud.

SCRAPING SHOES

SEIF 8
One is not allowed to scrape mud off a shoe(and there is no difference whether it is new or old), as he may come to scrape off some of the leather and be Chayiv for the Malacha of smoothing on Shabbos. Concerning this case the Kol Bo says that this applies only to dried-on mud, but a person is allowed to scrape off wet mud.

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