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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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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Did they blow Shofar on Shabbat Rosh Hashanna when the holiday was only one day?
I may be converging several historic assumptions here, but here goes:
The Torah states that the first day of the 7th month should be Yom Teru'ah - a day for sounding the Shofar (aka Rosh Hashannah.) ...
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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 ...
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“Daber Davar” and appeals / auctions [duplicate]
As I understand, the verse in Yeshayahu (58:13) states that one must refrain from Daber Davr on Shabbat, from which we learn the halacha that one should not discuss monetary matters on Shabbat (...
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Holding ones cup while someone is reciting Kiddush for you
I have seen many people holding their cup of wine while the host (or a chosen person) recites Kiddush for them. What is the explanation for holding ones cup?
Sources if possible.
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Why does S"A start Hilchot Shabbat with the laws between a Jew and a gentile?
The Shulchan Aruch Hilchot Shabbat (siman 243) starts with the laws between a jew and a gentile.
Why does it specifically starts there when it is more likely to discuss the importance of Shabbat at ...
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Shouldn't each of the 38 melachos ALSO be considered “מכה בפטיש”?
It seems to me that one could argue that every melachah has an element of "מכה בפטיש" (final hammer blow/ completing an object by applying the finishing touches) to it.
As OU Torah explains:
The ...
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Would a theoretical Hulk be allowed to transform on Shabbos?
This is not Purim Torah, but rather a thought experiment about Hilchos Shabbos.
Potentially, there are several Melachos that Bruce Banner violates in his transformation into the Hulk:
Dyeing his ...
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Suggestions on how to spend Shaabath (constructively) alone
Due to undisclosed circumstances, I'd rather not go the local shul CURRENTLY, at the given moment. Spending Shaabath with the community definitely was an immense help in getting those ~25 hours ...
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Is a Minyan allowed to count a man that does not keep Shabbos?
If someone has never kept shabbos, works on shabbos or owns a business that is open on shabbos, can he be counted towards a minyan?
Is there any leniency if the minyan is short by one, and they get ...
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Does the mitzvah of eradicating Amalek supersede Shabbos?
The Sefer Chinuch 604 tells us we have a mitzvah to wipe out Amalek.
למחות זרעו מן העולם - שנצטוינו למחות זרעו של עמלק ולאבד זכרו מן העולם, זכר ונקבה, גדול וקטן, ועל זה נאמר (דברים כה יט) ''תמחה את ...
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Why does this passage appear in both Megillat Esther and Havdalah? [duplicate]
This passage
טו וּמָרְדֳּכַי יָצָא מִלִּפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת תְּכֵלֶת וָחוּר, וַעֲטֶרֶת זָהָב גְּדוֹלָה, וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן; וְהָעִיר שׁוּשָׁן, צָהֲלָה וְשָׂמֵחָה. טז ...
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Removing dead fish from fish tank on shabbas
If one has a fish tank with many fish, and one of the fish happens to die on shabbas, can one remove the dead fish if the chances are significantly high that other fish in the tank will die because of ...
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Creating songs in your head (lyrics and melodies) on Shaabath
What I've noticed is that when there is not too much to talk about with haShem, I get kinda 'hyper'. In this state I like to go a bit primal and just shout out some noises, do some clapping and stuff ...
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Book on the laws of Shabbos
Which English book on the laws of Shabbos would you recommend?
One that is Halacha Lemaase with footnotes that show where the Halacha stems from and the differentiating opinions.
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Is putting food in the freezer on Shabbos a machloket?
What is the Halacha if one wanted to put food in the freezer that could be used for a later date? Would this be considered Hachana for after Shabbos? Would this be considered a machloket, since ...
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Talking to Alexa on Shabbos [duplicate]
What prohibition would talking to a virtual assistant like Alexa, Siri or Google on Shabbos fall under?
"Alexa, turn on the lights"
"Alexa, play Zemiros"
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Does “borer” apply to people?
Let's say a group of people are sitting in a room. On Shabbat, are you allowed to categorize them into groups such as:
Herding Men away from woman e.g at a Kiddush with a mechitza in Shul (normally ...
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Use of an automatic toilet on Shabbos?
Can one use on Shabbos an automatic toilet with an electric sensor that triggers the flushing mechanism when you are done? For example in a hotel lobby, or a public building. Assume there is no other ...
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The first day is sunday [duplicate]
According to jewish law, The First day is Sunday and hence Shabbat falls on Saturday, unlike the Christains who says Monday is the first day. How can we know that Sunday(and not Monday) Should be ...
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What does a typical USA Jewish household do to celebrate Sabbath?
I was raised in a not-very-observant home. I understand Friday dinner, blessing over Sabbath candles, blessing over bread, and blessing over wine, and I know that Havdalah comes at the end. But what ...
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How was the Mekoshesh given the death penalty if the punishment wasn't known yet?
How was the Mekoshesh given the death penalty if the punishment wasn't known yet, so he couldn't have been warned, being that the warning must contain the exact punishment for that act?
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Can a “brain controlled” prosthetic be used on Shabbat?
New prosthetics are controlled by brain waves which seem to make the prosthetic an extension of the body in an "organic" way, in that we control all of our own limbs through the same brain waves and ...
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Blessing children via a shaliach
Can blessing the children friday night be done via a shaliach if a child is away from home for Shabbat?
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Is there a minhag to the order of eating fish & meat during Shabbat meals? [duplicate]
I've seen many people eat fish in addition to eating meat during a Shabbat meal. (See this for the origin of the fish minhag.)
Almost every place I have attended as a guest (both Ashkenazim and ...
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Can one walk on snow on Shabbos when there is another route one can take?
In OC 320, the Shulchan Aruch discusses the prohibition of crushing on Shabbos. In §13, he rules:
דורס שלג ברגליו ואינו חושש:
One can stomp snow with his feet and not be concerned.
The ...
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Is white wine permitted between 6 and 7 o'clock?
This answer references the possibility that there is a distinction between red and white wine for those that are careful not to make kiddush between 6 and 7 o'clock. Are there any sources that mention ...
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Animal sacrifices on Shabbat [duplicate]
Parashat Tetzaveh discusses the various offerings and sacrifices that are to be regularly given. Of these, two animal sacrifices must be enacted every day of the week:
Thus you shall do to Aaron ...
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Is it permissible to say 'baruch hamavdil" in the bathroom? [duplicate]
One way to end Shabbos is by saying "baruch hamavdil bein kodesh lechol". It's a type of havdalah. Is it permissible to say this havdala in the bathroom?
