Is one permitted to rub a shirt or handkerchief to soften it after laundering on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber permits rubbing a chaluk (shirt/undergarment) that became stiff after laundering to soften it, since the intent is only softening. But rubbing a sudar (handkerchief/scarf) is forbidden because the intent is to whiten/brighten it, which constitutes melaben. The Rema extends the sudar prohibition to hats and all linen garments.
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