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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Wearing functional cufflinks on Shabbos
This question might be a duplicate of
Wearing Watches on Shabbat
but my question is on other types of functional wearable items that may be considered Tachshitim.
What is the determining factor that ...
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Is one Chayav for burning the Korbanos of Erev Shabbos on Shabbos?
The Gemara (Shabbos 24b) states that the Korbanos that were brought on Erev Shabbos may not be burned on Shabbos, based on the דיוק of ״עולת שבת בשבתו״ - that only the Korbanos that were brought on ...
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Can a Ger Toshav observe Shabbat?
I’m curious if a Ger Toshav is allowed to observe Shabbat according to Halacha, general Noahides/gentiles to my understanding are prohibited from it, however I’ve heard that the Halacha might be ...
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Can I use a red tablecloth for Shabbos?
I’ve always heard that a Shabbos table should preferably be covered in white. Is this just a preference, or is there a reason (halachic or kabbalistic) to avoid using a different color?
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Studying/discussing secular philosophy on Shabbat and their relation to the Torah
I’m curious what the Halacha is regarding studying secular philosophy on Shabbat in order to compare and contrast it to genuine Limmud Torah, for example let’s say someone is discussing Martin Buber’s ...
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What major international cities, with a significant Jewish presence, lack any eruv?
When I visited Rome this year I was aware that it had no kosher eruv in the Jewish area. Many observant Jewish tourists seemed unaware of the Shabbos prohibitions when there is no eruv, and used ...
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What issurim are involved in putting a pin through material on Shabbos?
The question is about putting a pin through material on Shabbos for example to pin on a brooch onto a garment. I think there are 3 situations:
1] the material is non-woven; putting in the pin will ...
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Can one kill lice on Shabbat?
(Inspired by this comment by @Ari)
In [Shabbat 12a], a difference in opinions is brought regarding whether one may kill a louse on Shabbat. The discussion culminates in a debate between בית שמאי and ...
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Why does the Gemara in Bava Kamma seemingly ignore the fact that the Melachah is being done with a Shinuy?
The Gemara (Bava Kamma 26b) brings a case where someone had a stone in his lap, and he either forgot or did not realize that it was in his lap, and when he got up the stone was flung out of his lap, ...
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Samsung refrigerator light [closed]
This is a question about “Jewish law or practice (what to do or why),” in particular, Shabbat observance.
The Samsung refridgerator model RF18A5101SR can turn off lights for Shabbat by placing magnets ...
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Minyan on Shabbat
Is the requirement to pray with a Minyan any different for Shabbat compared with the other days of the week?
What are the sources that support?
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Is there ever a time when one would need to repeat מעין שלש in order to mention Shabbat or Yom Tov?
If one does not have bread to eat on Shabbat, but he has Mezonot - not enough to be Kovei’a Seudah - would he need to repeat Al Hamichya if he forgot to mention Shabbat?
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Hakol Yoducha versus HaMeir La'Aretz on Shabbat Yom Tov
Why is it that according to minhag Ashkenaz (Nusach Sfard) the blessing of the Me'orot (in Shacharit) on Yom Tov that falls on Shabbat, they say Hakol Yoducha (הכל יודוך), while if Yom Tov falls on a ...
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For people converting, what is the prohibition on working during yom kippur? [closed]
Shalom, I am converting. During Yom Kippur I was unsure as to how to interpret Vayikra 16:30 (specifically, that neither the citizen nor resident alien that resides among israel should work). I am ...
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Why do we start HaEl Betaazumot in 3 Regalim [duplicate]
According to Ashkenazim (Nusach Sfard), on regular Shabbat we start Shacharit in Shochen Ad (after Nishmat Kol Chai), whereas in three Regalim we start a few words before: HaEl Betaazumot Uzecha. What ...
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Not smelling the besamim during havdalah
If they do havdalah in shul after Shabbat and you don’t get a chance to smell the besamim since it’s a big shul, when you get home should you make a bracha again and smell the besamim you have, or ...
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Correct girsa in yekum purkan
I've seen "yifsok" and "yivtol" but also "yifsuk" and "yivtul." Which is the correct girsa?
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Are you allowed to make liquid nitrogen ice cream on Yom Tov
Liquid nitrogen is a liquid version of nitrogen gas and hence very cold. This ice cream involves sugar, chocolate syrup, milk --liquid nitrogen is poured in as one stirs vigorously. When all have ...
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Yom Kippur that falls on Shabbat - Kiddush for the kids?
Specifically regarding a situation where one has young children who eat on Yom Kippur - is it a good idea, an obligation, forbidden, or a variable custom to make a proper Friday night for them, with ...
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Does the Eruv Tavshilin allow one to do a preparation that one can do on Shabbat?
If one made an Eruv Tavshilin, may he do a preparation on Yom Tov, if the act that he is doing can anyway be done on Shabbat (unlike, say, cooking) and doesn't need to be done on Friday?
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Must the non-Muktzeh item be more valuable than the total Muktzeh, or each individual Muktzeh item?
The rule is, that in order for one to be allowed to move an item that contained something that was Muktzeh when Shabbat came in, it must have also contained an item that was not Muktzeh, and that item ...
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Why didn't Bruriah tear kriyah?
In Yalkut Shimoni Mishlei Remez 964 there is a record of Bruriah informing her husband Rebbi Meir of the death of their sons
ד"א אשת חיל מי ימצא. אמרו מעשה היה בר' מאיר שהיה יושב במנחה בשבת ...
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Kiddush Cup Minhag pretaining to the woman of the house
I'm not sure where this minhag originates from but I have frequented a breslover maggids house frequently for shabbos and I noticed that whenever he made kiddush he would always pour from the cup into ...
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Remote melacha: remoting into a place where it is Shabbat or Yom Tov [duplicate]
VR control of robots in other locations is a thing. In fact, there is a concept of actually working this way. This article* describes a robot that can be manually controlled to stack shelves, and ...
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Perek Kira: Hardest Sugya in Shas
Why did the Chazon Ish say that Perek Kira is the hardest sugya in Shas?
Is it because it deals with coal ovens, which were ubiquitous for Chazal but almost entirely out of use today?
Is it because ...
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Torah service on shabbat with no kohanim and not enough yisraelim
If there are no kohanim in shul on shabbat, Ashkenazi practice is to give the first aliyah to a levi or yisrael, and the subsequent six aliyot to yisraelim. (See Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 135:6,9,10.)...
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Why do we say Tzidkatcha Tzedek almost every Shabbat Mincha
It is known that in the Shabbat Mincha we use to say Tzidekatcha Tzedek for accepting the decree for the death of Moshe Rabbino who passed away during these hours as can be seen here. However, he died ...
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Is getting home just before Tzeit Kochavim considered Shabbos violation?
If one arrives home during Bein Hashmashot, what is the din - is Shabbat violated or is it bedieved ok (not ideal but ok after the fact)? If violation, is it a d'Rabbanan (Rabbinic transgression) or d'...
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Can you look at a home weather station's forecasts during Shabbat?
There's a type of home electronic gadget called a weather station. Weather stations can display the temperature and other things. There's usually a base station, plus a wireless outdoor sensor. An ...
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Menstruation leniencies on Shabbat
Is a menstruating woman exempt from any positive and negative aspects of Shabbat?
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How to remember something on Shabbat for after Shabbat (Torah related)
I am looking for some advice on how to remember something one thought of during Shabbat, but can't pursue at the time (such as a question to ask on Mi Yodeya!).
Any and all tips welcome, from memory ...
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Exposing a radiometer to light on Shabbos
May one intentionally or unintentionally expose a radiometer/radioscope (a glass bulb filled with gas that spins internal vanes if light shines on it) to sunlight (like opening a curtain), if this ...
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Did Orthodox Jews turn on/off lightbulbs etc on Shabbat in the early 20th century?
I’ve heard that before the Halacha was settled by the Poskim like the Chazon Ish, many or most Orthodox Jews used lightbulbs etc on Shabbat. Is there any validity to this?
I’m just curious
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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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Instant noodles on Shabbat [duplicate]
There is a concept of Kli Sheini (a second cup) in which Halacha dictates that by taking boiling water from its source into an empty vessel and then pouring it into another vessel, the water is no ...
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Must I follow suit and stand for Kiddush?
There are different customs whether to stand or sit during Kiddush. Even those who stand for all/part of Friday Night Kiddush, many sit for the Shabbos Day Kiddush.
I have observed a common trend to ...
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Sabbath candles accidentally lit too late
Excuse me if this is a silly question, I'm new here and don't know the customs.
I have heard about Sabbath candles. They have to be lit before Sabbath.
But what to do if they are accidentally lit ...
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Siddur Masok Midvash on cleansing our soul before Shabbos
I have heard from Rav Daniel Glatstein shlita (Shiur: Parshas Emor: The Mystical Dimensions of Shabbos - When They Arrive and How to Hold On To Them), that there is a concept that the six perakim of ...
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Is one ever ALLOWED to make Kidush before Shacharis?
I know that he doesn't NEED to make Kidush, but if one must eat before Shacharis, is he ALLOWED to make Kiddush?
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Drinking water before Shacharis when one did not make Kidush the night before
If one did not make Kidush by night, can he drink water the next morning before Shacharis without making Kidush first?
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When did the Story of the Mekoshesh happen?
Rashi in Parshas Shelach, Bamidbar 15:32 says that the story of the Mekoshesh happened on the second Shabbat the Jews spent in the desert.
ויהיו … במדבר וימצאו. בִּגְנוּתָן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּבֵּר ...
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Per the Midrash - how can Hashem make it rain on Shabbat
Per the midrash quoted in this answer, Hashem keeps all commandments, if so how does the midrash explain why Hashem makes it rain on Shabbat wouldn't that be a Zoreia - Sowing
See Rambam Hilchot ...
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Kiddush without a se'udah
If one makes kiddush and its not followed by a meal the Michaber (Siman 273:3) rules that he is not yotzie kiddush. My question is; does he mean that he is not yotzie even on a biblical level? Or that ...
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Responsibility for Shabbos expenses
There is a Gemara in :ביצה ט"ו which says that expenses for Shabbos are unlike all other expenses in that they are not included in the debits from one's net profit which were predetermined on ...
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Espresso on Shabbos... ☕ Will this method work? [duplicate]
I've come across some fully-manual espresso machines, such as Flair 58x*. Assuming one holds like Rav Moshe Feinstein where there is no bishul in a kli shlishi, and one prepared his pre-ground coffee ...
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Brushing a Pet on Shabbos
May one brush a dog or other furred pet on Shabbos?
When brushing, a toothed comb — made for the purpose of brushing — is used to extract loose/shedding hairs from underneath the top layer of fur, in ...
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Tying shoes on Shabbat if you don’t plan to untie them in a day
According to Halacha, is it permissible for you to tie shoes on Shabbat if you don’t plan on untying them within a day? Or no, is it prohibited and you are obligated to untie them within 24 hours?
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Hiddur mitzvah for Lechem Mishneh
Is there any chiyuv in Halacha for hiddur mitzvah regarding Lechem Mishneh, or no? And if so, is the mitzvah of beautification an obligation for the bread itself (making it beautiful by braiding it) ...
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Running on Shabbat when it is raining
The Tur in סימן ש"א writes:
כתיב אם תשיב משבת רגליך ודרשו חז"ל שלא יהא הילוכך של שבת כהילוכך של חול ע"כ אין לו לאדם לרוץ בשבת כדרך שעושה בחול אבל אם רץ לדבר מצוה כגון לבהכ"נ ...
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What is the disagreement between Rebbi Shimon and Rebbi Yehudah regarding muktzah on shabbos vs yomtov?
What is the disagreement between Rebbi Shimon and Rebbi Yehudah regarding Muktzah on Shabbos versus Yom Tov? Additionally, where in the Gemara can I find this?
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