Question: We recently bought an electric hot-water urn for Shabbos. Previously we just stored water in a flask. This last Shabbos I found myself pouring hot water from the electric… Read more »
Category: Shabbat
Patronising A Store That Is Open On Shabbos
Question: Am I allowed to patronize establishments that are not shomer Shabbos? For example, can we take our children or our students to a bowling alley that is open on Shabbos?… Read more »
Preparing For Motzei Shabbos On Shabbos
Question: What can I do towards the evening as Shabbos is leaving to prepare for the night? May I bring a tallis from my study to the living room for… Read more »
Preparing For A Test On Shabbos
Question: If students have a Jewish history test on Sunday, are they permitted to study for the test on Shabbos? Answer: It is permissible to study a Torah subject on… Read more »
Irreligious Visitors On Shabbos
Question: We are planning a trip to visit my parents abroad. My parents plan to invite a lot of relatives to visit while we are there. Many of them will… Read more »
Crockpot 2
Question: The issue with the crockpot has me concerned, not from a halachic perspective (I had the pleasure of learning hotmanah) but from a social one. Thousands upon thousands of upright, frum… Read more »
Crockpot – Shabbos
Question: If we use a crockpot on Shabbat, what do we need to do to it so that it is not “problematic”? Answer: In answering this question I will assume… Read more »
Light Right
Question: I light my Shabbos candles with another candle. When I’ve lit the last one, I’m left with a lit candle that I’d like to extinguish, but I remember learning… Read more »
Spousal Bosis
Question: While we were learning hilchos Shabbos last week, my wife had the following question (regarding the point that someone else cannot make one’s possessions into a bosis since the other person… Read more »
Women Eating Before Kiddush
Question: On Shabbos morning, is my wife required to hear kiddush prior to eating anything, or is it enough to make berochos before eating in order to be able to… Read more »
Taping Class on Yom Tov
Hi. I’m a college student and this yom tov I’m missing a lot of class time that is important to make up. Can I have a goy tape record the… Read more »
Folding Tallis After Davening
Can one fold one’s talis after davening at shul and replace it in the talis bag, or would this be considered preparing for the next Shabbos? If I cannot fold… Read more »
Filter on Faucet
Is there a problem on Shabbos of using a water filter on one’s sink in New York City where there are supposedly small bugs in the water? By Turning on… Read more »
Placing Soda in Freezer
Can one put a soda in the freezer on Shabbos so this soda gets chilled and then take the soda out before anything freezes? Answer: It is permitted to put… Read more »
Washing Kiddush Cup
Can one rinse out the kiddush cup on Shabbos to prepare for the mitzvah of havdalah, or this is considered preparing for the weekday which is forbidden? Answer: If it… Read more »
Fixing a Hat on Shabbos
If a black hat gets crushed on Shabbos can one fix the hat back to its wearable form? Answer: It is permitted to straighten out the hat. Or Le’Zion (27:9)… Read more »
Shabbos in New Zealand
I heard there is a shailah about when to keep Shabbos when staying in New Zealand due to the date line. How do we pasken? Answer: There is a dispute… Read more »
Ordering the Sunday NY Times
May I order the sunday edition of the NY Times? Issues I know of: [1] The Sunday edition actually is delivered on 2 days — Saturday and Sunday. A number of years… Read more »
Non-Jew Carrying Baby on Shabbos
1. Is it permitted to ask a gentile to take a baby on Shabbos to a kiddush? Answer: Unless there is a great need and concern for a major loss,… Read more »
Taking book out of bag with muktzah items inside
Is there a problem of taking a sefer out of a knapsack on shabbos when one knows that there are muktzah objects (e.g. pens, calculator, etc.) inside? And is there… Read more »
Buying a New Fridge?
I am searching for a new fridge. Am I required to buy a fridge with a “Shabbos switch,” or can I buy a regular fridge and take out the light bulbs?… Read more »
Using a Thermos on Shabbos
Can I pour hot coffee into a thermos on Shabbos and put the plastic lid on it? Can I pour hot coffee into a thermos before Shabbos and open and close… Read more »
Placing Kugel on a Hot Plate (Shabbos)
1) Taking kugel out of fridge on shabbos morning, and putting it on a hot plate on top of a upside down foil container: is this a problem? 2) Can… Read more »
Wearing Two Coats
Is it mutar to wear an extra raincoat in rishus harabim in order to bring one over to a friend? Answer: The question of wearing two items of clothing for… Read more »
Mezuzah for Walk-In Closet
What is the minimum size room that requires a Mezuzah? I have a walk in closet & want to know if it requires a Mezuzah Answer: The minimum size room… Read more »
Ripening Tomato in Sun
Can one put a tomato in the sun on shabbos morning so the vegetable will ripen and hopefully be used for shalos shuedas? Answer: With the exception of un-dried figs… Read more »
Reciting Retzei After Havdalah
The Mishna Berura(Shulchan Aruch Siman 188 Sif Katan 32) brings down that if one would daven maariv motzei shabbos before bentching he should not bentch with retzai anymore. In another… Read more »
Washing Dishes on Shabbos
Is it muttar for my wife to wash dishes after shabbos lunch (or after 1st day yom tov lunch)even though the dishes will not be needed for shabbos- if it… Read more »
Eating Before Kiddush (for girls)
are girls allowed to eat before kiddush on shabbas if they did not daven yet? Answer: There is no difference in principle between boys and girls with regard to eating… Read more »
Moving Electrical Appliances on Shabbos
On Shabbos and Yom Tov, is it mutar to move lamps, fans, and clocks towards the direction one wants them? If an alarm clock goes off on Shabbos and one… Read more »
Spreading Perfume
When spraying perfume or cologne on Shabbos or Yom Tov, is it true that one may only spray it on the skin but not spread it around with one’s hand?… Read more »
Foaming Soap
What exactly is the halacha regarding using liquid hand soaps on Shabbos and Yom Tov? Also, what about the kind becoming more popular nowawads- foaming hand soap, which foams as… Read more »
Shutting Off the Gas
On a stove that is electrically ignited, if you left a small flame on Shabbos and it went out and you smell gas, are you allowed to turn the knob… Read more »
Closing Hot Water Faucet On Shabbos
Is it permitted to turn OFF a hot water faucet on shabbos? Answer: The answer to the question depends on how the hot water system works. For instance, if the… Read more »
Shabbos Key Belt / Tie Pin + Disagreeing With The Igros Moshe
Dear rav, are there any poskim who allow to wear shabbos belt for keys on the tie or shirt? What are the best possible or halachically acceptable ways to wear… Read more »
Jewish partner?
This is a practical question. I’m an options trader and wanted to hire somebody to help me during the yom tovim. This individual tells me that he is catholic. Then,… Read more »
Tearing a package on Shabbos
Is it mutar to tear open a package on shabbos if there is a (good) chance you will tear the lettering? If it is assur, why is not considered a… Read more »
Water cooler on Shabbos
Is one allowed to use an electric water cooler (a standing water cooler with the water bottle on top, facing down, and below you press the valve and cold water… Read more »
Wheelchair on Shabbos
Can a Jew wheel a Jew to shul on Shabbos in a place with no Eiruv? Answer Places that have no Eiruv can generally be classified under two different types… Read more »
Money in a pocket on Shabbos
If someone find a small sum of money in his coat on Shabbos (and therefore not muktzeh machmat chisaron kiss), Is he allowed to take it out normally since it’s… Read more »
Sheitel pins on Shabbos
What are the halachos of pins in sheitels and combs left in shaitels going into to shabbos? Can one remove the pins or combs of the shaitel on shabbos or… Read more »
Soap Bubbles on Shabbos
There is a hand cleaner that is used instead of soap by some people. The bottle has a liquid substance in it and when one presses on top of the… Read more »
Golf on Shabbos
I know that golfing on Shabbas is not a Shabbas activity, but is there anyway to permit it? How can a frum Jew play in PGA events that are Thursday,… Read more »
Warming up food on a blech on Shabbos
On Shabbos we always used a blech. Can food be put on the blech to be warmed, then taken off after it was warmed? Answer Liquid food may not be… Read more »
Shnayim Mikra – to read the whole Sedra first
Dear Distinguished Rabbis, shlitas I was told by a Rav a heter, but since he’s not a posek, I’m concerned that it may not have been a correct psak, as… Read more »
Touching Tree on Shabbos
שאלה: האם מותר בשבת לנגוע בעץ תשובה: עץ שכאשר נוגעים בו הוא מתנדנד אסור לגעת בו, אך אם אינו מתנדנד אין איסור לגעת בו. מקורות: שו”ע או”ח סי’ שלו ס”א… Read more »
חילול שבת בפתיחת שקית כשקורע מלה בת שתי אותיות
ע”ד שאלתו אם יש חילול שבת בפתחית שקית כשקורע מלה בת שתי אותיות. הרמב”ם פי”א שבת הלכה י’ י”א י”ב כתב וז”ל: הכותב אות כפולה פעמים והוא שם אחד כמו… Read more »
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