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If on a cold Shabbath one forgot to turn on the heating, is one permitted to ask a non-Jew to turn on a heater?...
Friday, January 27, 2012/Shebat 3, 5772
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If a woman is running late because of matters she has to attend to on Friday afternoon, and gets home a little...
Friday, December 9, 2011/Kislew 13, 5772
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If a woman has to go to the Miqweh on Friday night for ritual immersion, when she should light the Shabbath...
Friday, December 2, 2011/Kislew 6, 5772
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The Shulhan 'Arukh rules that one may not place a vessel containing hot water on one's stomach on Shabbath, or...
Friday, November 4, 2011/Heshwan 7, 5772
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Many authorities allow the use of liquid soap on Shabbath. But there are notable exceptions and there are...
Friday, September 23, 2011/Elul 24, 5771
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Even though the Torah permits squeezing liquid out of hair on Shabbath, because hair is not an absorbent material,...
Friday, August 26, 2011/Ab 26, 5771
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Any permitted Shabbath labor (Melakha) may be forbidden if it is done as a preparation for after Shabbath....
Friday, August 19, 2011/Ab 19, 5771
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If one's clothes became wet on Shabbath one may walk in them and not be concerned that one may come to wring them...
Friday, August 12, 2011/Ab 12, 5771
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Opening Pistachios on Shabbath
Borer (separating something that one does not want from items that one...
Friday, July 22, 2011/Tammuz 20, 5771
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Even if the community has not yet prayed 'Arbith of Friday night, if an individual prays the Friday night Shabbath...
Friday, June 3, 2011/Siwan 1, 5771
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If one's fruits scattered all over a courtyard on Shabbath, one may not collect them and place them together in a...
Friday, May 6, 2011/Iyyar 2, 5771
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One must not do Melakha (work) on 'Ereb Pesah (the eve of Passover), from midday (Halakhaic time). This refers to...
Sunday, April 3, 2011/Adar B 28, 5771
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In the winter months one must be concerned at all times to clear the snow and ice from where people walk on one's...
Friday, December 17, 2010/Tebeth 10, 5771
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If a person wishes to return multiple books to a bookcase on Shabbath, can he sort them to put each in it's own...
Friday, October 29, 2010/Heshwan 21, 5771
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One of the Melakhoth (labors) which was prohibited by the Torah on Shabbath is Kotheb (writing). In order for one...
Friday, October 15, 2010/Heshwan 7, 5771
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In Ben Ish Hai it states that on Hosha'na Rabbah we should read the Parasha of WeZoth HaBerakha twice in Hebrew...
Monday, September 27, 2010/Tashri 19, 5771
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Any labor that is forbidden on Shabbath is likewise forbidden on Yom Tob (with a few exceptions). The reason for this...
Monday, May 3, 2010/Iyyar 19, 5770
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The eight days of Hanukkah begin on the 25th of Kislew. During this time eulogies and fasting are not permitted....
Monday, December 7, 2009/Kislew 20, 5770
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Originally, Rosh Hodesh was to be given to the Jewish people as a Festival (in addition to the Festivals of Pesah,...
Sunday, October 18, 2009/Tashri 30, 5770
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A Jew is forbidden from giving a non-Jew money during the week in order to buy him something on Shabbath. Similarly,...
Thursday, October 15, 2009/Tashri 27, 5770
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A recent Torah Minute, Reassembling an item on Shabbath generated a lot of questions. A...
Thursday, September 3, 2009/Elul 14, 5769
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An item that is made in sections, as is common with shelving and the like, that comes apart, is forbidden to be put...
Thursday, August 20, 2009/Ab 30, 5769
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On Shabbath, because of the Melakha of Borer (the forbidden activity of separating), we are forbidden to separate bad...
Thursday, August 13, 2009/Ab 23, 5769
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Attaching clothes with a pin or safety pin on Shabbath is related to the Melakha (Shabbath labor) of sewing. It is...
Thursday, July 23, 2009/Ab 2, 5769
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In the summer months, it is very common for people to start Shabbath early. It often happens, that when someone has...
Thursday, May 21, 2009/Iyyar 27, 5769
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Ribbi Tarfon says:" The day is short and the work is vast..." (Pirqe Aboth).
Hakham Yoseph Hayyim...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009/Nisan 28, 5769
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