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Brushing your hair on Shabbat if it’s routine
So I’ve heard that brushing your hair regularly on Shabbat is a problem of boneh (building) or gozez (shearing). I also think I heard once that there is a heter to brush as regular if you do so ...
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May Jews attach or detach cup handles on Shabbat
According to Halacha is it permitted for Jews to attach or detach detachable cup handles on Shabbat or no? Would it fall into any prohibited melacha or something else?
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May Jews make popsicles or icicles on Shabbat [duplicate]
According to Halacha, is it permissible for Jews to make popsicles/icicles on Shabbat or no?
Would it be a prohibited form of melacha such as Boneh or something or not at all? Or is this a machloket ...
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Opening metal cans on Shabbat [duplicate]
According to Halacha, is it permissible to use a can opener to open metal cans on Shabbat? Or no, would it fall under a form of prohibited melacha? If it is a form of prohibited melacha, which one ...
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Hair spray on Shabbat
According to Halacha, is it permissible to spray your hair with spray on Shabbat? Or would this fall under a form of prohibited melacha on Shabbat, potentially Boneh?
If not, is there anything ...
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Opening chips bags on Shabbat
According to Halacha, is it permissible to open a bag of potato chips on Shabbat? Does it depend on whether it is a small one time bag or a family sized bag? If not, which melacha would it fall into?
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Opening taped boxes on Shabbat
According to Halacha, is it permissible to open taped boxes on Shabbat? Or is this considered Boneh or Make B’patish or another type of prohibited melacha? On the other hand I could see them being ...
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Buttoning garment on Shabbat
Is there an issue in Halacha with buttoning a shirt or other garment you are going to wear overnight? Adjusting it multiple times over Shabbat shouldn’t be an issue, but if for example someone has a ...
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Using a nail file on Shabbat
According to Halacha, is one allowed to file their nails with a nail file on Shabbat? Would this fit into a specific melacha that is prohibited? Source for this would be appreciated
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Folding chairs/tables on Shabbat
Is it permissible to unfold an easily foldable folding chair or table on Shabbat? Since this is easily re folded, would it still be considered under the melacha of “Boneh” or something else? If ...
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Playing jenga on Shabbat
Is it permissible to play the game Jenga on Shabbat? I could see an issue of building, but it would be intentionally disassembled. This is all of course in doors, so there would be no issues of ...
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Boneh & Soser: Toilet Tank
Would removing and replacing the cover of a toilet tank pose an issue of Boneh (building) or Soser (demolishing) on Shabbos?
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Returning tabletop that fell off on Shabbat
At the shul we have simple tables with metal frames (a rectangle with 4 legs) and wooden tops, screwed to them with 4 screws per table. Eventually, all 4 screws of one table loosened up and the ...
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What IKEA furniture or tools is permitted to be assembled on Shabbat?
IKEA offers lots of furniture and utensils for self-assembly, some of which are pretty sophisticated, requiring screws and fasteners and some are pretty easy to assemble without tools or connecting ...
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Hairspray on Shabbos Allowed?
Is one allowed to use hairspray on shabbos? Let's say a braid was made before shabbos and one wants to spray the braid on shabbos to prevent it from getting messy.
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Is it permitted to make a Coconut Shell into a Kli (a cup) on Shabbos to drink out of it?
Is it an issue of creating a Kli (vessel) on shabbos?
There is a prohibition of making a vessel out of food (The Rambam says making cheese is prohibited because of בנין)
Is it considered a כלי ...
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May one use a "groovy" shtender on Shabbat or Yom Tov?
Years ago a saw a "shtender" (it's a small portable "riser" commonly used to prop the prayer book up while praying in shul. It has other uses, also.) that is constructed by sliding a piece of wood ...
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Are parachute games permitted on Shabbat?
Colorful "parachutes" are used for various kinds of pre-school games. The parachute, in this context is a large (many feet in diameter), strong, circular cloth, usually with handles around ...
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Are Magna-Tiles allowed on Shabbat?
There is a Rabbinic prohibition on constructing a temporary canopy (ohel arai; see e.g. Shabbath 137b) a tefach or greater with walls that are also a tefach or greater. Considering that this is often/...
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The shlock -- halachic considerations
Let's say you bought or built your own shlock (rain cover) for your sukkah.
What halachic concerns are there about operating it on Shabbos/Yom Tov?
Might there be problems of boneh (building)? If the ...
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Orthodontics on Shabbos
Disclaimer: I did some research for this question; I did not know all of this off the top of my head :P. Sources were found through the footnotes in Rabbi Ribiat's The 39 Melachos.
It is forbidden to ...
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According to Conservative Judaism, is one permitted to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
According to Conservative Judaism, may one use - unfold, carry, and refold - an umbrella in an eruv-enclosed area on Shabbat? What if it is not raining?
I would appreciate a link or quote from an ...
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What is the basis for the ruling that adding to a tent is permissible on Shabbath?
The Gemara in 'Eruving 102a quotes Rav as telling Rav Huna that in order to provide shade for his flock in the daytime on Shabbath yet roll back the cover in the evening for ventilation, all he has to ...
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Is it permissible to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
Assuming one is inside an eruv which generally permits transferring between domains on Shabbat, may one use an umbrella on Shabbat? If not, why not?
Follow-up question: What about other things that ...
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Placing a unattached plastic over the stroller on Shabbos / Yom Tov
According to Rabbi Dovid Ostroff Shlita
The Rama in Hilchos Succah 626:3 says that one is permitted to open
and shut hinged flaps that are used for covering the Succah when
raining. The Chazon ...
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Is it permissible to open soda cans on shabbos?
What is the halacha regarding opening soda cans on shabbos?
I have heard that according to the ones who hold that you can open it, if I would ask that person to open it for me, I would need him to ...
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