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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 337
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<b>דין כיבוד הבית ודבר שאינו מתכוין. ובו ד סעיפים:</b><br>דבר שאין מתכוין מותר והוא שלא יהא פסיק רישיה הילכך גורר אדם מטה כסא וספסל בין גדולים בין קטנים ובלבד שלא יתכוין לעשות חריץ מותר לרבץ הבית כיון שאינו מתכוין להשוות גומות אלא שלא יעלה האבק:
The Laws of Sweeping the House and Something Done Unintentionally, 4 Seifim: Something that one didn't intend to happen is allowed as long as it is not a definite consequence of the specific action (psik reisha). Therefore, a person may drag a bed, chair, or bench, whether it is big or small, provided that he doesn't intend to make a rut. One is permitted to sprinkle the floor because he does not intend to level the depressions [of the earth floor], rather he just doesn't want the dust to rise.
אסור לכבד הבית אלא אם כן הקרקע מרוצף ויש מתירין אפי' אינו מרוצף: הגה ויש מחמירין אפי' במרוצף (טור בשם ר"י מרדכי ריש פרק כל הכלים ור' ירוחם חי"ג וסמ"ג וסה"ת) וכן נוהגין ואין לשנות מיהו ע"י עכו"ם מותר (רבינו ירוחם חי"ג) וכן ע"י בגד או מטלית או כנף אווז הקלים ואינו משווה גומות (אגור) ואסור לכבד הבגדים ע"י מכבדות העשויים מקסמים שלא ישתברו קסמיהם: (הגהות אלפסי פרק הזורק ועיין הג"מ דף קכ"ד):
It is forbidden to sweep the house unless the floor is stone. There are those who permit this even if it is not made of stone. Rem"a: There are some who are stringent even when it is stone (the Tur in the name of the R"i and Mordechai at the beginning of Perek Kol Kelim and Rabbeinu Yerucham Part 13 and the Sma"g and Sefer haTrumah). This is the practice, and one should not act differently. However, it is permitted to have a non-Jew do such (Rabbeinu Yerucham Part 13), or to sweep using clothing or a garment or a soft bird feather, because they do not fill in the crevices (the Agur). It is forbidden to brush clothing off using brooms made of woodchips, because the chips will break (Hagahot Alfasi Perek Hazorek).
אין סכין את הקרקע ולא מדיחים אותו אפילו היא מרוצף:
One may not put oil on the floor, nor may one wash the floor, even if it is made of stone.
אסור לצדד חבית על הארץ דכיון שהיא כבדה יבא להשוות גומות ודאי והוי פסיק רישיה:
One should not turn a barrel on the ground upright, because it is heavy and he will definitely fill in crevices in the ground in the process. This is a definite consequence of the given action (psik reisha).
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