Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Actions and Appliances on Shabbat
- Games and Athletics
Question
Is there any heter for riding a horse on Shabbat?
Is it forbidden even in an open space with no trees?
If not please let me know why?
Answer
It's a rabbinic prohibition that can't be compromised. (Tractate Bitza 36b)
Exercise on Shabbat ii
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