by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com

How do we consider matches in halacha on Shabbos?� �When can you move a kli shemelachto l’issur for a gentile’s use?� Is going to the neighbor required when you don’t have a totally permitted kli to use?� Read further to see.

The Mishna Brurah (308:12) writes that one may not move a Kli shemelachto l�issur u�l�heter letzorech gufo � in order to use it for a permitted purpose if there is a kli shemelachto l�heter available in the house.� One may do so, however, if there isn�t a kli shemelachto l�heter easily available.� There is no obligation, however, to go to the neighbor�s house to get a kli shemelachto l�heter.

What if a goy came to the house and needed to use a kli shemelachto l�issur u�l�heter � may one carry it for the goy�s use?� If it is necessary in order to get back to what you need to do or some similar use it is permitted.

Is a match considered a non-vessel or Muktzah machmas chisaron kis, or a kli shemelachto l�issur?� – It is a kli shemelachto l�issur � and can therefore be used as a toothpick.� This is opposed to the view of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach cited in SSK 14:97 who is concerned that it is considered like firewood � in that it is wood designated to be burned and therefore ineligible to be used as a toothpick.

Mizmor L�Assaf, Shabbos p. 172.

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