mod80- I guess I will have to look that up. The chassam sofer in OC 72 pretty much says that it should be muttar. I asked a Rav why people don’t use umbrellas on shabbos. He said because of the Node Beyehuda. I asked the Rav if he was paskening like the Node Beyehuda that it’s assur midoraysa. He said, no I’m responding to your question why people don’t use it. So I said, are you saying it’s muttar? He avoided answering me and said I would never use an umbrella anyway on shabbos, so I should stop bothering him. It seems to me that the general consensus of the poskim is that it should be muttar, like the Chassam Sofer, but no one will come out against the psak of the node beyhuda. I certainly would not use an umbrella on shabbos, but again I am more concerned for the local eiruv which is not good according to the mehcaber and most rishonim, than I am using an umbrella.
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