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Question
On shabbos flies drive me nuts.
If I have traps set all the time and i dont touch them on Shabbos. Is that ok?
Answer
Thank you for your question,
There is no problem to set the trap before Shabbos (Shulchan Aruch 252:1)
All the best

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