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BDSM on Shabbat
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A recent comment by someone (who isn’t me) made me think, is BDSM permitted on Shabbat?

On Shabbat we can’t tie knots (with different leniencies in different communities).

Snaps, buckles, buttons, and other fasteners are allowed (we get dressed on Shabbat). But can they be used to restrain someone (consensually)?

Are whips allowed? What about paddles?

Is it permitted to cause consensual pain on Shabbat?

We have candles on Shabbat, is wax play allowed? And would it have to be different candles than those used for the bracha?

What about taking your D/S relationship outside of the bedroom, like consensually making the sub wear a smart butt plug all day, including to shul? Assuming the butt plug’s actions are determined before Shabbat, would they be allowed? It’s like a windup watch that is wound before Shabbat starts.

So is BDSM allowed on Shabbat? What about on Yom Tov? Are only certain activities allowed? And are those activities different on Shabbat and Yom Tov?

All of this assumes a halachically permissible heterosexual relationship where all consensual sexual activities are permitted.

Mods: I don’t think halacha is NSFW, but if you disagree, add the tag.

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Or Abraham freeing Sarai from Pharoah’s captivity…

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Is this thesis available online anywhere? 👀

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I mean, I still say San Francisco even though “San” is Spanish for “saint,” but you could say X frame if you want. Or get a Magen David shaped frame and put somebody on there sideways, lol

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Well, since clothes are okay: couldn’t a rope harness be considered, in a sense, “clothes?”

So tying the rope to the wall/bed/St. Andrew’s cross would have to be done before Shabbat, but the ties on the body could be done any day for some kinky, Jewish, freeing-the-slaves roleplay

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