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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
One day, one life (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe) Ribbi Tarfon says:" The day is short and the work is vast..." (Pirqe Aboth).
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009/Nisan 28, 5769

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