Daily Halacha - Is it permissible to use perfume on Shabbat?
Essential Shabbat laws: Learn Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's rulings on medication for children and perfume use on the holy day
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Is it permissible to give medicine to a child on Shabbat?
Since children under the age of nine are considered ill without danger to life, it is permissible to give them any necessary medication, such as: eye drops, ear drops, etc. (Chazon Ovadia 3, 361).
Is it permissible to use perfume on Shabbat?
It is permissible to apply perfume on the body and hair, but it is not permitted to apply perfume on one's clothes because of "molid reicha" [creating a new scent] [Yechaveh Da'at 1, 31, Yalkut Yosef Siman 327].
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