Questions tagged [shabbat]
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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Shabbat: Electric Apartment Door in Doorman Building
Let us say a person lives in an apartment building where the apartment doors (door to the apartment itself) are fitted with electronic locks. The building has a 24-hour "concierge" doorman (non-...
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Ein Kamocha on Shabbat
Before the Ark is opened on Shabbat, we don't just say "veyahi b'n'so'a ha'aron" as we would on a weekday. We begin with Ein Kamocha. The Artscroll siddur (I don't have the page number handy) explains ...
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Forgot chonantanu after already making havdalah over wine
If one made havdalah over wine before praying maariv, and then in maariv he forgot to say chonantanu and has already completed shemoneh esrei, would he have to repeat shemoneh esrei?
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Why is there no havdallah when going from Yom Tov into Shabbat?
When Yom Tov begins on Motza'ei Shabbat, havdallah is included in the Yom Tov Kiddush. However, when Shabbat follows a Friday Yom Tov, there is no Havdallah included in the Friday night Kiddush.
Why ...
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Was there always a beracha for Shabbat candles? [duplicate]
The wikipedia entry for Shabbat Candles says that:
The first record of the complete text of the blessing is from the
Siddur of Rav Amram, written by Amram Gaon in the 9th century. He then
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Taking ADHD medicine on Shabbos (ex: Adderall/ Ritalin)
Following on the heels of recent questions "Why restrict medicine on Shabbos?" & "Is clinical depression medication allowed on Shabbos?"
What would the story be re: taking ADHD medicine such as ...
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What is the Halacha of establishing one's home at the onset of Shabbos?
If one cannot make it home, I heard there's a din that one sets his place where they are now upto 2000 amot. What's the source of this? What if I'm in the back of a car?
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Is one allowed to continue riding in a vehicle driven by a Gentile on Shabbat?
In reading this answer, I understand that there is no concern with riding on Shabbat.
Let's say that you are driving your car before Shabbat and you have a Gentile passenger. You won't reach your ...
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What is תיקון שבת
I have Bencher which includes a section called תיקון שבת. It just seems to be all of משניות שבת.
What is the idea behind תיקון שבת?
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When Bnei Yisroel travelled in the midbar, what happened on Shabbos?
When Bnei Yisroel travelled in the midbar, what happened on Shabbos? Did they encamp on erev Shabbos and journey after Shabbos or did they continue journeying despite the laws of Shabbos?
If they ...
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Extending gezeirot about melacha to other activities
I feel like this is too obvious even to ask (or that it is a dupe...) but here goes:
If we do not use already ground medicine on Shabbos for fear that we might come to grind medicine, then why can we ...
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Why restrict medicine on Shabbat? [duplicate]
The Shulchan Aruch [OC 328:1] says:
Someone who has a mere bad feeling, but he strengthens himself and walks around like a healthy person, it is forbidden to do any healing for him, even by nonJews,...
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Is someone who has clinical depression allowed to take an antidepressant on Shabbos?
It’s my understanding that there’s two main categories of non-life threatening illnesses: מיחוש בעלמא, “average pain,” and נפל למשכב, one who is so sick that he’s unable to get out of bed. The former ...
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Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos priorities: efficiency vs transgressions
When in a life-endangering situation on Shabbos,
what takes precedence - efficiency or amount of transgressions?
For example:
in Jerusalem, one can call an Arab taxi driver and wait for 5-10 min or ...
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What is the Jewish view of “work”?
What is the mainline Jewish view of "work"?
(1) Work is an just an option for those who have enough money to live on. The Torah may say "Six days shall you labor and do all your work", but none of ...
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Old fashioned telephone vs. Uber App on Shabbos
From Rabbi Moshe Heinemann:
Riding to the Hospital
A woman need not spend Shabbos/Yom Tov at a
location close to the hospital or arrive at the hospital before labor
starts to avoid riding on ...
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Plural form of shabbat - is it ever shabbatim?
I am curious if the word shabbat שבת has ever taken the plural form of shabbatim? I had a dream about this word. In this dream, it was used in a spoken two word phrase with "shabbatim" being the ...
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Melave d'Malka on Motze Yom Tov
Is there an obligation to have Melave DMalka on Motzei Yom Tov like Motzei Shabbos?
(Question is based on the Rambam (Shabbos 30:5), who includes the obligation of Melave dMalka with Kovod Shabbos:
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Why not wear tefillin on Yom Tov according to Rabbi Akiva? [duplicate]
The Gemara (menachos 36:) quotes an argument why we don’t wear tefillin on shabbos:
דתניא (שמות יג, י) ושמרת את החוקה הזאת למועדה מימים ימימה ימים ולא לילות מימים ולא כל ימים פרט לשבתות וימים טובים ...
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Why was the calendar not arranged so that Yom Kippur never falls on Shabbat?
Our Sources give the impression that Shabbat is the holiest of the yamim tovim. On Shabbat, we rest, eat and drink of the best, sleep, rejoice, have sex with the spouse, wear nice clothes, etc. It ...
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Writing/drawing in the sand on Shabbos
The Mishnah (Shabbos 12:5) rules that writing in the sand is permitted:
כָּתַב בְּמַשְׁקִין, בְּמֵי פֵרוֹת, בַּאֲבַק דְּרָכִים, בַּאֲבַק הַסּוֹפְרִים, וּבְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְקַיֵּם, פָּטוּר
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Is one allowed to start a boat voyage on Shabbos? [duplicate]
Can I get onto my boat on Shabbos and voyage off into the unknown (or known)?
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May an electrolarynx be used on Shabbat and Yom Tov?
From this site:
An electronic larynx (electrolarynx), is a battery operated machine that produces sound for you to create a voice. There are many different makes and types, but they are usually about ...
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Carrying Pistol License on Shabbat
Situation: you are licensed to carry a concealed pistol. You live inside an eruv. You choose to carry your pistol on shabbat.
What is the status of the Concealed Pistol License (CPL) ID card? Can ...
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Auctioning off Kibbudim in Shul [duplicate]
Question: what are the halachic permissabities and downsides to shul auctions for Kibbudim on Shabbos and Yom Tov?
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Having a twitter bot post on shabbat [duplicate]
I am programming a Twitter post to post once a day pre-written tweets. I currently don't know how to prevent it from posting on Shabbat. Is a twitter bot posting on Shabbat permitted?
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Why the lack of hesitance to wear pads on the sabbath?
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 301:13, and commentaries state that if a woman wears something only in order that her clothes don't get dirty from her menstrual blood, then that thing is not considered ...
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Writing with dry erase marker on Shabbos, is it permitted?
Trying to figure out if I can use a dry erase marker for recreation and then erase whatever I wrote. Is this allowed?
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Can you eat food that has been bought on Shabbos by guest?
If you live in a house with people who do not keep Shabbos and you all have dinner, and a guest or someone else living in that house brings kosher food for dinner bought on Shabbos, can a Jew eat that ...
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Pinhole Camera on Shabbos
I read somewhere that one of the reasons you can't take pictures on Shabbos is because of the melacha of Kotev/Writing.
Does this also apply to a pinhole camera which does create a temporary image ...
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Eating frozen dinner warmed by non-Jew on Shabbos
Cruise offers kosher airline meal type meals for daily lunch and dinner. Is it halachically permissible to eat if warmed up by non-Jew on Shabbos (presumably with microwave)?
I assume that warming ...
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Why are there two different versions of the Decalogue?
Why are there two different versions of the Shabbat commandment in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5? In Exodus 20 the Shabbat recalls the cosmogony in six days, but in Deuteronomy 5 the Shabbat ...
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Honoring parents - before and after Shabbos
In the Decalogue (Parashas Yisroh):
Keeping Shabbos is called Zachor (positive Mitzvah)
It precedes Honoring parents
Honoring is a positive Mitzvah (כבד).
In Parashas Kdoshim it says the "opposite" ...
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Baby brought from beyond the techum on Shabbos
If a baby was brought from beyond the techum on Shabbos, would that baby be muktzeh God forbid, or would it be permitted to carry it because a living thing carries itself.
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Can one make hamotzi Friday night on pat haba bekisnin?
Within This article that focuses mainly on the bracha made on pizza, it mentions that most poskim state that when one eats pat haba bekisnin as a meal, one says Hamotzi.
Friday night meal requires ...
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Fixing tzitzis on shabbos?
This question is assuming that one may not tighten a regular tzitzis knot on shabbos, using the rule of “אין עשה דוחה את לא תעשה ועשה” (as seen in Beitza 8b and Bava Metzia 30a), and that without at ...
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May one ask a non-jew to register for an event online on Shabbat?
Let's say there was a registration form for an event online. The form opens during the day on Shabbat. It is highly likely (almost undoubtedly the case) that by the time Shabbat is over, the event's ...
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Why is “Vayechulu” said 3 times on Leil Shabbat?
I'm curious about the specific number 3 here. Is there a reason or "meaning" (such as from Zohar, etc.) as to why Vayechulu (Breishit 2:1-3) is said 3 times on Friday night (a non-Yom-Tov one)?
In ...
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Can kiddush be made in the shul?
I've been to a few shuls on Shabbat morning where the rabbi recites Kiddush in the shul from the bimah. After that, the congregation proceeds to the Kiddush room to eat. Is this halachically ...
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Boreir by non-food items? [duplicate]
Rabbi Avrohom Davis' translation of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch has a footnote on the boreir paragraph in the chapter on melachos forbidden on Shabbos that says that the majority of poskim rule that ...
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Keeping the flame going on Shabbat
In the (very) old days, when the only source of heat and cooking fire was the fireplace, how did they keep the fire going for a day on Shabbat without adding wood?
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Is there an obligatory gathering on Shabat or the Moadim?
In Devarim it is commanded to gather — Hakhel — at the end of the sabbatical year.
But is there a command to gather together on (every) Shabat or the Moadim?
Vayikra 23 calls such days Mikra ...
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Realizing you're unknowingly carry an item on Shabbos
What is the best thing to do when you realize that you're unknowingly carrying an item on Shabbos? Is the following correct:
When the person was carrying unknowingly, he was misasek (making a work of ...
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Is light in a fridge on Shabbat “melacha shein tzricha legufo”?
I remember learning that when I open a fridge door on Shabbat and the light turns on that would be under the category of melacha shein tzricha legufo?
Can anyone please provide a source?
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Asking a non-Jew to turn off a light on Shabbat
If I would like to turn off a light on Shabbat can I ask a non-Jew to turn off the light since it's a shvut deshvut?
(ie- electricity is a derabanan and amira lnochri is also shvut)
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When to do the dishes- Yom Tov starting at Motzei Shabbat
Passover brings an interesting quandry this year- we go through a great many Kosher for Passover dishes at the Lail Pesach seder on Friday night, and then have a couple of meals on Saturday.
Given ...
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Intentionally smelling the odor of food cooked by a Jew on Shabbos
Since it is forbidden to benefit from food cooked by a Jew on Shabbos, is the benefit only eating, or is it prohibited to intentionally smell the odor of the food being cooked as well?
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Benefiting from a Jew's meizid melacha on Shabbos
The introduction to the first volume of the English edition of Shmiras Shabbos k'Hilchaso states that a person who does melacha b'meizid on Shabbos is forever banned from benefiting from that melacha. ...
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Benefiting from a Jew's planting on Shabbos b'shogeg
The Preface - hakdama to the English edition of Volume 1 of Shmiras Shabbos k'Hilchaso writes that if a Jew b'shogeg (mistakenly) plants or sows a seed on Shabbos, or anything like that where some ...
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Melachot on the original Shabbat Hagadol
I have been informed, this morning, from two different sources, that the original Shabbat Hagadol was the Shabbat on the 10th of Nissan when the Children of Israel were preparing for the Exodus. They ...
