Muktzah with a Holy Coin

Is a Coin from a Tzaddik Muktzah?

A coin or dollar received from a tzaddik is considered muktzah on Shabbos and Yom Tov, even if the recipient has decided never to use it as currency. Neither does designating the coin or dollar to be an item of shmirah (protection) or kedushah (sanctity) render it halachically non-muktzah. The only way such an item can be considered non-monetary—and therefore no longer be deemed muktzah—is if it was designated to be permanently used for a specific, non-monetary purpose before the onset of Shabbos or Yom Tov. Seforim explain that coins received from a tzaddik possess some of the kedushah (sanctity) of the tzaddik. Therefore, one should bear in mind when making such designations that using an item received from a tzaddik in certain ways might be considered disrespectful to its unique status.  #327

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Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.