? Q. I asked for some medicines to be delivered from a Non- Jewish pharmacy on Friday afternoon, but they arrived after the Shekiah. Since they were pills that were not to be taken in Shabbat since they were only for saving from minor discomfort and I had some available anyway, were they Muktza and prohibited to bring into the house? What was I suppose to do?
A. In principle. even if they were Muktza they could be carefully kicked in into the house. However, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a pointed out that they are like food and the fact that you have others available does not make the new ones Muktze, as extra food does not turn any other available food Muktza
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Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a