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May a Non-Jew Turn on the Heating for a Jew on Shabbath? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
If a Woman is Running Late on Friday Afternoon (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
When Should a Woman Light When Going to the Miqweh? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Using a Hot Water Bottle on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Using Soft Soap on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Squeezing wet hair on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Eating salty foods; using a vessel; not doing Mayim Aharonim (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Even if one did not eat a meal but merely measured or touched salt or ate foods, that one normally sprinkles salt...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011/Ab 23, 5771
Soaking dishes on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Physical and Spiritual Reasons for Mayim Aharonim (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
There are three essential reasons for Mayim Aharonim. The first two are mentioned in the Gemara.

1....
Tuesday, August 16, 2011/Ab 16, 5771
Wearing clothes that got wet on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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 (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Opening Pistachios on Shabbath

Borer (separating something that one does not want from items that one...
Friday, July 22, 2011/Tammuz 20, 5771
Praying Friday night 'Arbith before the community (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Fruits or candies that scatter on the floor on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Melakha and hair cuts on the eve of Passover (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Spreading salt on snow and ice on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Returning books to a bookcase on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Non permanent writing on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Targum and Melakha on Hosha'na Rabbah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Treating the Selihoth lightly (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The purpose of the Selihoth is to bring oneself to feel contrite about the sins that one has committed,...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010/Elul 7, 5770
Thinking about business on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Maran Yoseph Karo z"l states in the Shulhan 'Arukh that just thinking about one's business on Shabbath is...
Friday, July 30, 2010/Ab 19, 5770
Any labor forbidden on Shabbath is forbidden on Yom Tob (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Walking on snow on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Shulhan 'Arukh (Code of Jewish Law) prohibits crushing snow or hail on Shabbath. This means that they may not be...
Friday, February 19, 2010/Adar 5, 5770
Hanukkah: What's in a name? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Rosh Hodesh for Men and Women (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Asking a non-Jew to effect a transaction on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Playing with Lego and puzzles on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) A recent Torah Minute, Reassembling an item on Shabbath generated a lot of questions. A...
Thursday, September 3, 2009/Elul 14, 5769
Reassembling an item on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Separating bad lettuce leaves from good ones on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Using a pin on Shabbath, to pin clothes (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
If a Jew or a non-Jew cooks on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If a Jewish person cooks food deliberately on Shabbath, knowing that it is forbidden (this excludes cooking in the...
Thursday, June 11, 2009/Siwan 19, 5769
Asking another Jew to do Melakha when you start Shabbath early (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
One day, one life (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe) Ribbi Tarfon says:" The day is short and the work is vast..." (Pirqe Aboth).
Hakham Yoseph Hayyim...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009/Nisan 28, 5769
Gluing and separating glued papers/pages on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If one were to stick two sheets of paper together on Shabbath, this would be considered to be a derivative of sewing...
Thursday, January 15, 2009/Tebeth 19, 5769

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