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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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Based on Tehillim 92, would playing נֶבֶל not violate Shabbat?
Partial answer:
Taking into account that this was the Shir Shel Yom of Shabbat, the gemara in Sukkah 51a states:
"However, with regard to the song that the Levites sang accompanying an offering, everyone … agrees that it [the playing of musical instruments] is part of the Temple service, and overrides Shabbat." …
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Why are so many besamim cases decorated with flags?
Tower-shaped besamim boxes first appeared ca. the 16th century CE and rose in popularity ca. the 18th century (article in the Forward).
The significance of the flags and occasionally bells is not know …
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Where is Shabbat 116b in the Munich Manuscript?
The relevant one is 27v (0062).
However, the different folios are more easily accessible through the manuscript tool in Sefaria. Here's a link to the relevant folio from the Munich 95 MS:
https://manu …
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What's the name of this poem in Danya Ruttenberg's "Surprised by God"?
In Hebrew it's called "Yedid Nefesh" (ידיד נפש) and commonly sung before the start of the Kabbalat Shabbat service when Shabbat starts. The quoted part is the first stanza of the liturgical piece. …
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War of Sichon & Og Erev Shabbos?
Translation: "And it seems to me that the commentators explained about Sichon and Og that was on Erev Shabbat and that's why Moshe stopped the sun so they wouldn't desecrate the Shabbat..." … Further digging showed that in the book Beit Shmuel (Vayikra), published just a couple of years before Edut Beyosef, the idea that these wars took place on Erev Shabbat seems to be taken for granted: …
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Ein Kamocha on Shabbat
I think the reason is because the reading of Mincha on Shabbat wasn't instituted lichvod Shabbat, but for other reasons. … While the origin of the minhag of saying Ein Kamocha on Shabbat comes from the Shibolei Haleket's father:
"אבא מרי ר' אברהם זצ"ל הנהיג לומר בכל שבת ויום טוב כשמוציאין ספר תורה לקרות בו פסוקין שלשבחות: …
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Recommendation for learning Hilchos Shabbos with family
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's Peninei Halacha Shabbat in Hebrew is excellent and not hard to understand (the rest of the series is also easy to understand). … We used to read parts of it on Shabbat at the table. I assume the English is also good. You can check it out here. …
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Ben Drosai - what was his Zechus?
Having found a few other views in recent months, I'm revising my answer:
Friedman's explanation for Ben Drosai's identity as mentioned by @AriKahn is well-known and reasonably plausible, but there are …
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Were new arrivals stuck at Ellis Island for Shabbos?
and New-York, the rabbi decided to be stringent and to remain by himself in Hoboken for the duration of the Shabbat until Motzei Shabbat after Havdalah, and so even those of the observant community [Orthodox … Jews] that were not so strict about crossing the river in ships during Shabbat and holidays, were too embarrassed on that Shabbat to cross from New-York to Hoboken to greet their rabbi, in fear of appearing …
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