Watering seeds so that plants will grow falls under the forbidden Melakha (Shabbath labor) of Zoreya' (sowing) as...
Friday, May 4, 2012/Iyyar 12, 5772

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

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

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

Opening Pistachios on Shabbath

Borer (separating something that one does not want from items that one...
Friday, July 22, 2011/Tammuz 20, 5771

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

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

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

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

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