May one remove garments from a clothes press on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that one may open a homeowner's clothes press to remove garments needed for Shabbat, but a professional craftsman's press may not be opened because it is fastened tightly and opening it resembles demolition.
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