Is one permitted to scrape a shoe (new or old) on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules it is forbidden to scrape a shoe, whether new or old, with a knife or fingernail, because it peels the leather and constitutes memachek (smoothing). This is a separate prohibition from the mud-scraping rules.
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