May one handle a keli she'melachto l'issur (a utensil whose primary use is for a forbidden activity) on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber permits handling such items l'tzorech gufo (for a permitted use) or l'tzorech mekomo (to use the space it occupies), but forbids moving it me'chamah l'tzel (from sun to shade, i.e., merely to protect it). The Rema adds that touching without moving is permitted, and moving muktzeh by blowing is permitted as it is only indirect handling.
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