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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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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What's the name of this poem in Danya Ruttenberg's "Surprised by God"?
The introduction to Rabbi Ruttenberg's book features an English translation of a Hebrew poem she is singing at the beginning of a Shabbat service. The translation seems to be unique to the book, and ...
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Removing/destroying a spider web on Shabbos
In response to the question, "Can you destroy a spider web on Shabbos?" asked on this website, part of the reply was a citation from Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth (1989) in section (23:9), “...
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What does מטי ליה בחד שחיה mean regarding מלאכת צד on Shabbos
I found the following in קופת הרוכלים introduction to משניות שבת regarding מלאכת צד on Shabbos.
I believe there is a mistake being made. As per ביצה כד. it seems that if an animal is already trapped ...
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Definition of פוצע on Shabbos
There seem to be three definitions of the מלאכה of פוצע on Shabbos. If anyone can explain in detail what they are, that would be great. I understand this is a complex question, you really have to ...
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Could a timer in a dishwasher allow its operation on Shabbos?
I'm shopping for a dishwasher and finding that some -- several Whirlpool brands -- have a Kosher-Friendly Mode. Upon first hearing of this, I thought that the Kosher-Friendly Mode might be a timer ...
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How to understand quantity in terms of prohibitions and the affect that this has on interacting with that quantity of issur?
Do all issurim have a shiur and how is that quantified?
An example of what inspired the question. In my taaruvos shiur the rav told us that on yontiff if wood that was muktza such as branches that ...
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Can we heal or save pets on shabbat?
If an animal is hurt on the shabbat, are we required to save its life? If I find an animal in a pit on shabbat, am I required to lift it out? If there is a fire on shabbat, should we save our pets?
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Putting Pre-Prepared Food On An Already On Pilot on Shabbath
If one prepares food prior to the sun going down on Erev Shabbath, and then puts it on a pilot that was on prior to the sun going down in order for the food to be warm, are they allowed to partake in ...
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Hot Water Being Used Last Within A Sink
If the the hot water was used last but one needs to wash their hands on Shabbath, if they turn on the cold water but hot water comes out first, are they in violation of Shabbath?
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Eating Ginger instead of Garlic in Shabbat Evening
There is a practice to eat garlic on Shabbat Evening, as mentioned in the Gemara (Baba Kama 82:1) : בגמ' בב"ק (פב.): "עשרה תקנות תיקן עזרא... ואוכלין שום בערב שבת"
One of the reasons ...
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Based on Ramban [Shemot 20:10] גֵרְךָ אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ , Noachides observe Shabbat by not serving B'nei Yisrael (but can work for Noachides)?
Should Noachides be reminded Ramban's commentary on Shemot 20:10? - Based on Ramban analysis of Shabbat laws : גֵרְךָ אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ , Noachides must observe Shabbat by not serving/benefiting B'...
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Can someone translate Shomo VaTismach into English?
Can someone please provide or direct me to an English translation of this liturgical song?
As sung here by my cousin the Chasan, Moshe Korn
https://youtu.be/d9fgwtxnfgQ
I don't speak hebrew and cannot ...
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Opinion Of The Maharam MiRottenburg Regarding wearing tzitzis on shabbos
Does anyone know where the famous shittah of the maharam mirottenburg is brought down about him being chosheh for shittas Baal hamaor (who holds you have not fulfilled the mitzvah of tzitzis if you ...
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Labour on the first day of Passover
Yom Kippur is treated like a sabbath day (but perhaps even more so).
The first day of Passover though is less restrictive than a sabbath:
You shall celebrate a sacred occasion on the first day, and a ...
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