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The seventh day of the week and a day of rest. Also use this tag for questions that apply equally to Yom Tov and Shabbat.

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Ironing and Steaming Clothing on Shabbath [closed]

Is one allowed to iron or steam their clothing on Shabbath?
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Asking For Mercy vs. Repentance On Shabbath

Being that one is not allowed to do teshuvah tataah on Shabbath, is asking for mercy for committing a melacha or sin on Shabbath the same as repentance? For example, “Hashem, I ask for your ...
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Is Musaf Shabbos ok to daven alone at home?

Is it allowed to daven musaf shabbos at home alone without tzibbur minyan ? Or should it only be davened alone or with minyan at Shul ? Where the korbanos should be offered publicly.
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Correction of seven sevens and seventy sevens in the book of Daniel 9:verse25. Is it an error? [closed]

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[f] the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It ...
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May one use rice paper on Shabbos?

May one use rice paper on Shabbos? Rice paper is made by mixing the water and starch left over from cooking rice with tapioca starch and other ingredients and then spread into a thin layer which is ...
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Special Shabbos pajamas

I heard in a shuir that the Kaf H'chaim writes that one should have special shabbos pajamas. Does anyone know where it says it
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Working on Shabbat?

Some Jews, who are otherwise very observant, work on Shabbat because their livelihood depends on it. This was more true in the days of massive immigration to the US than it is today, but I see it ...
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Non Jewish fundraiser working on Shabbos on your behalf

Motzey Shabbos and Yom Tov I saw that Shabbos morning I received a fundraising email from a certain well known (controversial) frum group . Possibly it was an automatically generated email coming ...
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Where does the custom of staying up all night on Shabbat originate from?

I heard there were some Tzadikim who would stay up all night on Shabbat where did this custom originate from?
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Using a ball on Shabbos according to the Magen Avraham

The Magen Avraham (308:45) explains, that the reason for the opinion that a ball is Muktzah on Shabbos, is because it is not considered a utensil that serves a necessary purpose. Then he goes on to ...
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Forgetting to say Shabbat additions in a Yom Tov Amidah - how to make up?

If someone forgot to add in the Shabbat additions to a Yom Tov davening, do they have to make it up by repeating? If so, and if they did so at Shacharit and only remembered after Chatzot (midday), how ...
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What are the rules for contract workers on Shabbos [closed]

This summer I’m working as a camp counselor at a non Jewish camp that would have me working during Shabbos, however I’m not sure any of my responsibilities actually violate Shabbos. My main job is to ...
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Is a paper airplane made of a $100 bill muktzah

Is a paper airplane made of a $100 bill muktzah? So as to simplify the situation and avoid other Shabbos issues regarding paper, oragami, etc, assume the paper airplane was folded before the onset of ...
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Deliberately congeal fatty sauce before/on Shabbat so it can be put on the blech in the morning?

According to SA OH 318:16 sefardim may deliberately place a dish that has congealed fat onto a blech, even though it will melt and become a liquid. The principle of "en bishul achar bishul" (...
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If someone switches off a light and then switches it back on for a Jew on Shabbat

If someone switches on a light for a Jew in a dark room on shabbat, the Jew would be obligated to leave the room to avoid benefiting from the light (I won't bring up the exceptions and details here). ...
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Non-Observant Jew Staying At An Observant Jew’s Home On Shabbath [duplicate]

If a non-observant Jew were to go out and buy something on the Shabbath, while staying at an observant Jews home, is that item(s) allowed within their home on the Shabbath?
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A Visitor Observing Shabbath

If a non-Jew or a non-observant Jew visits an observant Jew for a couple of days, and one of those days is the Shabbath, are they obligated to observe Shabbath if they’re staying with the observant ...
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Washing Hands With Hot Water On Shabbath

Why can’t one wash their hands with hot water on Shabbath? Is it Biblical or Rabbinical that we not do so?
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What is the status of a Tefilah in which one prayed for rain when he shouldn’t have?

if one prayed for rain in Minchah of Erev Shabbos, and only remembered once Shabbos came in, when we don’t say that Berachah - is it the same as one who forgot to say “Ya’aleh Ve’yavo”, and only ...
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Why specify not lighting a fire 'in your dwelling-places' on Shabbat?

What do we consider a 'dwelling-place' for this purpose? A house? A city/within an eruv? By this logic, if I were outside a defined 'dwelling-place' on Shabbat (say, out in the wilderness and not on ...
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When Purim falls out on Shabbos, why are you allowed to give Mishloach Manos?

When Purim falls out on Shabbos, why are you allowed to give Mishloach Manos? Aren't we afraid one might carry it to a friend? Like רבה says in Megilah Daf 4b :(https://www.sefaria.org/Megillah.4b.21?...
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Shabbat Blessings Question

My family is Christian but we are trying to observe Shabbat following the Jewish traditions. I am struggling to get an understanding of exactly how this is done. I know that you have the Kiddush, ...
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Shabbat vs. Other days, Singular vs. Plural

Why, in middle blessing of the amida for Shabbat is the blessing's conclusion in the singular (mekadesh hashabbat) while for holidays and Rosh Chodesh, the wording is in the plural (z'manim and roshei ...
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Can one use a chess clock on Shabbat

Can one use an analog chess clock on Shabbat? This would require setting the timers, and continually starting and stopping it until the little red flag falls (no buzzer)
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Why does the Mishna refer to Sunday as "after Shabbat"?

The Mishna in Megilla 1:2 uses varying terminology to refer to days of the week: מְגִילָּה נִקְרֵאת בְּאַחַד עָשָׂר, בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, כֵּיצַד. חָל לִהְיוֹת יוֹם אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר בַּשֵּׁנִי, ...
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שים / תן חלקנו בתורתך

I've noticed that on Yom Tov, sefardi (edot mizrach) machzorim say תן but on Shabbat in siddurim, they say שים in the bracha of Yom Tov/Shabbat respectively (which are parallel). Am I just not widely ...
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Why is a 3 day Yom Tov permissible, but Shabbos and Yom Kippur cannot be on adjacent days?

If Rosh Hashana were to fall on Wednesday or Friday, then that would result in Yom Kippur being on Friday or Sunday. The calendar was designed to avoid this happening since the sages deemed having ...
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Working on Shabbat. Easy Answer... Not so, Hazan on Shabbat

The question of working on Shabbat seems so easy to answer one would be ashamed to ask. Of course it is forbidden... But...the world is a complicated place and thus things gets complicated as well. ...
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Gun Red Dot on Shabbos

If one receives permission from their LOR to carry a gun on shabbos/yom tov for self defense, can the gun be equipped with a red-dot sight? The sight has a feature where the light is turned off after ...
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What connection does וְהָיוּ לִמְשסָּה שאסָיִךְ וְרָחֲקוּ כָּל מְבַלְּעָיִךְ have with יָשיש עָלַיִךְ אֱלהָיִךְ כִּמְשוש חָתָן עַל כַּלָּה?

On Friday night we say: וְהָיוּ לִמְשסָּה שאסָיִךְ. וְרָחֲקוּ כָּל מְבַלְּעָיִךְ - And your oppressors will be destroyed. And those who would devour you will be far away. יָשיש עָלַיִךְ אֱלהָיִךְ. ...
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Is it permissible to open a box of matzos on Shabbos or Yom Tov if necessary for the first night of Pesach? [duplicate]

My Yehuda Matzos box here says “Box should be opened before Shabbos and Yom Tov.” What if it is the first night of Pesach, and also Shabbos or Yom Tov, and an unopened box is the only one you have? ...
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Do Zmanim follow the city, or the Gavra?

Are halachic times for prayer, comencing Shabbos, ect. calculated according to a persons exact location or is there one "time-zone" for the entire city? And if yes, how would this apply for ...
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Skipping requests on Shabbat and Yom Tov in davening

Related Why are some bakashot made on Shabbat? Before we get to Pesukei Dezimra, there are a variety of korbanot and related sections that we say as part of morning davening. In my Artscroll siddur, ...
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If a Shabbos Goy was found to be Jewish, who is Chaiv?

There was an actual מעשה that I heard from someone, in which a Shabbos goy was found to be Jewish, Hashem Yishmor! My שאילה is, do we say that the Shabbos goy or the person designating the Shabbos goy ...
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Shabbos shacharis - Shabbos and the nations

וְלֹא נְתַתּוֹ ה' אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ לְגוֹיֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת וְלֹא הִנְחַלְתּוֹ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ לְעוֹבְדֵי פְסִילִים וְגַם בִּמְנוּחָתוֹ לֹא יִשְׁכְּנוּ עֲרֵלִים כִּי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמְּךָ נְתַתּוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה, לְזֶֽרַע יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בָּם ...
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Why in Beresheit 2:2 (and Kidush) we switch between מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ and מִכׇּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ?

I've always had this question regarding the pasuk in Beresheit 2:2 which which we also say at kidush which says, "וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה ...
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Rest and Holiday for Gentiles

I often read that Gentiles are not to keep the Sabbath or institute any holidays for themselves. How far does it go? Rest from our work activity without refraining from doing extra activities? If I ...
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Sefer Ginat Egoz on the lessons derived from the prohibition to light a fire on the Sabbath and from Temple-service

The Shaloh HaKadosh in Torah Shebikhtav, Sefer Vayikra, Torah Ohr, Shmini on this week's parasha (Vayakhel-Pekudei) mentions Sefer Ginat Egoz (probably written by Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, since it is ...
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Wearing a watch with lume on Shabbos

I was not able to find anything on the subject of lume on Shabbos. I asked my LOR. He is not familiar with it either. Lume is a paint they use on watch dials that charges from light and then shines in ...
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Mishkan and Shabbat - did technology change?

Most of the Torah is darshoned by Chazal or the Sanhedrin as a combination of two sources: 1) Mesorah going back to Moshe Rabbeinu, and 2) the י"ג midos by which the drashos are derived. They are ...
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Is making Matcha on shabbat allowed?

Matcha is made from steamed tea leaves that are ground to a powder. It is prepared by placing 1 teaspoon of matcha powder into a ceramic bowl (Kli Sheni) and taking water that is kept at 80°C (176°F) ...
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Why do we repeat our intent in Musaf?

In the musaf for Shabbat we make the following plea about the future (loose translation mine): שֶׁתַּעֲלֵנוּ בְשמְחָה לְאַרְצֵנוּ. וְתִטָּעֵנוּ בִּגְבוּלֵנוּ וְשָׁם נַעֲשה לְפָנֶיךָ אֶת קָרְבְּנות ...
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Covering a preprogrammed remote control on Shabbos

If there was a device set up before Shabbos that every hour would send an IR (infrared) signal towards an appliance such as a fireplace to either turn it on or off, would one be allowed to cover that ...
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Permissibility of Using Automatic Timer with Induction Heater for Vaporization on Shabbat

Is it permissible according to Halacha to use an induction heater on Shabbat to heat up a metal object containing dry material, resulting in vaporization at a temperature of 200°C, as long as there is ...
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Could the Jews carry on Shabbat in the desert?

My first grader and his classmates wanted to know if the Jews had/needed an Eruv in the desert. A local Eruv expert suggested to me and his teacher that perhaps the ananei hakavod were considered ...
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Chanania and perek 3 of Shabbos - if yeish bishul acher bishul

How do we “find our hands and feet in the beis midrash”? We seem to poskin that yeish bishul achar bishul for food that is ma’achal ben drusai; if so, cooking it on Shabbos would be forbidden and ...
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Introverted and being a part of a community [closed]

To fully exercise orthodox jewish life means being part of a community. My wife is an introvert who is very involved in giving back to the community but has struggled to make friends and feels very ...
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Hand warmer on Shabbos

I was asked on Shabbos the following question: Can hand warmers be used on Shabbos? Does it make a difference if it was activated before Shabbos or can it be even activated on Shabbos? I was thinking, ...
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Problems with Women Making Kiddush in Public?

I read in Shulchan Aruch that a woman can make kiddush for a man, but it seems to me that there's a kol isha issue with doing so publicly, i.e. at a table at a shul or large gathering. Are there any ...
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How to bring subject to Torah at Shabbat table - tips

When the topic is secular, such as football, politics, or similar, such as at a shabbat meal, do people have any tips about how to bring it back in a pleasant way to Torah? Consider this a very ...
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