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Why is it permissible to use a stroller and not roller skate on Shabbat and/or chagim?
Answer
ื‘"ื” Shalom The question of a bicycle on Shabbat or Chag has been in Halachic discussions for nearly a century. Some poskim said that it is forbidden since a person may tend to fix it on Shabbat or a person may go out of Tchum Shabbat. Neither of the above reasons applies to a stroller. A stroller doesn't have inflated tires which can get a flat; neither does it have a chain or pedals which are stepped on forcefully. Also, on a stroller a person doesn't go at speeds to reach distances out of town and out of Tchum Shabbat. (ืฉื•"ืช ื™ืฉื›ื™ืœ ืขื‘ื“ื™ (ื—ืœืง ื’ ืกื™' ื™ื‘ ื•ืกื™' ื™ื˜ ื•ื—"ื” ืกื™' ืž); ืฉื•"ืช ืฆื™ืฅ ืืœื™ืขื–ืจ [ื—"ื ืกื™' ื›ื ื•ื—"ื– ืกื™ืžืŸ ืœ) However, some poskim are of the opinion that we can't make new decrees in our time which Chazal didn't say and therefore do not rule out a bicycle for that reason but rather because of "ovdin d'chol"- which basically means that it is because it something that is weekday like, travelling from place to place, shaking and bumping perspiring and so on. This issue clearly doesnโ€™t apply in the case of a stroller, which is something which leisurely pushed at a slow pace. (ืฉื•"ืช ื™ื—ื•ื” ื“ืขืช ื—ืœืง ื‘` ืกื™ืžืŸ ื "ื‘, ื—ื–ื•ืŸ ืขื•ื‘ื“ื™ื” ืฉื‘ืช ื—"ื“ ืขืžื•ื“ ืžื’ Chag Same'ach
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