Question: If a hat is hanging on a tree on Shabbos, and subsequently falls off by itself or is removed by a goy, may one wear this hat on Shabbos?… Read more »
Category: Shabbat
Removing a Whitehead spot on Shabbos
Question: Dear Rabbi On Shabbos, if one has a whitehead spot (a covering of white over a red spot), could one gently remove the white with a tissue if there… Read more »
Warming raw edible greenbeans on Shabbos
Question: Is it a problem to warm on Shabbos raw green-beans that are edible on a hot plate? The green-beans will become soft and hot, and maybe also crispy (They… Read more »
Can one move a LED ELECTRIC lamp on Shabbat
Question: Can one move a LED ELECTRIC lamp on Shabbat? Answer: Please see the following link http://dinonline.org/2013/09/22/moving-led-flashlight-on-shabbos/
Using a magnifying glass on Shabbos
Question: Can a magnifying glass be used on Shabbos for reading, etc…? Checking vegetables? Thank You. Answer: You may use a magnifying glass for reading or checking vegetables, but not… Read more »
shofar
Question: I learned that something that is on a tree bein hashemashos Friday evening is muktzah the whole Shabbos. Let us assume that there is a shofar on a tree… Read more »
gozez
Question: I noticed that when I am eating, sometimes hair ends up on my plate. I assume that it is hair from my mustache that came off in the course… Read more »
Can someone make a blech on shabbos?
Question: If someone didn’t make a blech on shabbos is he allowed to make one or is that an issue of makeh bepatish since now it’s garuf vekatum and he… Read more »
Asking a non-jew to ask another to do melacha on Shabbos
Question: In general, would it be permissible for a Jew to instruct a Non-Jew #1 to tell a Non-Jew # 2 to do a Melacha (on Shabbos) for the Jew?… Read more »
Davening at shkia
Question: What is the halacha on shabbos when its 1 minute to shkia, 10th man just arrives, do we start laining, or say shmonei esrei? Answer: Since one is starting… Read more »
Crossing Out Words on Shabbos
Question: It is Shabbos. Somebody is reading a page that was written (or printed) in ink. He finds an error and crosses it out with a pen. Does this fall… Read more »
Boat on shabbos
Question: Hi, I am a graduate student and my school is having an event Friday night on a boat. I wanted to know if there are any issues with getting… Read more »
Feminine napkins on Shabbos
Question: Is it permissible to use pantiliners with tape on Shabbos? Answer: There is alot of discussion among the poskim regarding using the old tapes for diposable daipers. The tapes… Read more »
Bosis
Question: There are two tables in the room. I know that there were candles (and only candles) standing on one of them when Shabbos began, and the table became a… Read more »
Playing in a Poker Tournament on Shabbat
Question: I have a very interesting and unusual Halachic question. I am planning a vacation with some friends and I am thinking about playing in a poker tournament. The cash… Read more »
Contributing to the Community Eruv
Question: Are members of a community required to contribute to a community eruv in order to use it? What in the city would disqualify having an eruv? Answer: Generally,… Read more »
Travel on Shabbos in robot car.
Question: These new robot cars, in which one sits studying one’s Gemara as the car zooms along the highway of its own volition, already exist. They will soon be normal… Read more »
havdalah Tisha baav
Question: How does on make havdalah when tisha baav falls on motzei shabbos? Answer: On motzei shabbos one only makes a brocho on the havdallah candle and on motzei Tisha… Read more »
Pain mess on Shabbos
Question: Can I take painkillers on Shabbos. I am in pain from oral surgery last week and root canal yesterday with ear pain as well. Answer: First of all a… Read more »
Early havdalah
Question: If one makes Havdalah early (starting from Plag Hamincha) which in some cases is permitted, is it permitted for him to eat meat afterwards (during Nine Days), since technically… Read more »
karfaf in park
Question: About your analysis of the question of water in park: the halacha you quoted – m”b 44 refers to water which was a later development and so does not… Read more »
Carrying in park
Question: you wrote a park is a karfaf and prohibited from carrying most parks have water fountains once there is drinking water it should not be a karfaf – just… Read more »
Cutting nails
Question: What days are you not supposed to cut your nails? Answer: Thursday before Shabbos. Some don’t cut on Rosh Chodesh. Sources: O:CH 260:1 Mishnah Berurah 6 & 7
Automatic watches
Question: Is one allowed to hand an automatic watch to somebody to look at on shabbos or are you only allowed to use it in the normal course of wear?… Read more »
Reheating something that was pickled on shabbos
Question: Is there yesh bishul achar kevisha just like yesh bishul achar tzli and afiya. Please include source. Thanks. Answer: There is bishul achar kevisha. Sources: Chidushey Rabbi Akiva Eiger… Read more »
Is a fence an eiruv?
Question: I go to a public park on Shabbos that has a 5 foot fence around it with open and shut doors for entering. Can I carry within those parameters… Read more »
Wearing a Hankercheif on Shabbos
Question: With no EIRUV, can a person wear a handkerchief or undershirt (new or old) around one’s neck on Shabbos to absorb sweat winter or summer? Answer: If the person… Read more »
Diluting grape juice
Question: Follow-up question to “diluting grape juice” – As I indicated in my original question, I had a safek if I was yotzi (though my feeling is that the Kiddush… Read more »
Early shabbos
Question: Is it OK to make “early Shabbos” based on the zman (Plag Hamincha) of the M”A (even though the rav indicated earlier that the zman of the Gra is… Read more »
Two kiddushim combined
Question: We’re IY”H making a kiddush for our son’s bar mitzvah this Shabbos. Our neighbor wants to make a kiddush for his new baby girl this Shabbos as well. (The… Read more »
Automatic watch on Shabbos?
Question: Can on wear an automatic watch on Shabbos? Answer: If the watch is running not a problem, but if it stops cannot be worn. Sources: Teshuvas Chelkas Yaakov 1:75, Tzitz… Read more »
Diluting grape juice
Question: This past Shabbos, I was hearing Kiddush from someone who didn’t have much grape juice, so he diluted the grape juice with water. I know that this is problematic,… Read more »
Shabbos Halacha
Question: Dear Rabbonim, In the requirement of שביתת כלים if one is a partner with a non-religious Jew in a workshop; would I be correct in assuming it is only… Read more »
Eating before maariv
Question: For those who make kiddush before maariv, is it OK to do so up until 40 or so minutes after shkia, since nightfall is 72 minutes according to Shulchan… Read more »
Drinking wine spilled from kiddush
Question: I know many people are makpid not to drink the wine spilled during the seder. Is there any source not to drink the wine that spills over from the… Read more »
Early shabbos (2)
Question: I do not understand the rav’s answer regarding early Shabbos (accepting Shabbos at exactly Plag). Could the rav please clarify and tell me when the wife should light candles… Read more »
bleeding on shabbos
Question: If one accidentally gave himself a paper cut on Shabbos, or otherwise accidentally caused himself to bleed, is that an aveira, or is it misaseik? Does one need to… Read more »
early shabbos – at exactly plag hamincha
Question: If a shul is mekabel Shabbos with “Mizmor Shir” at exactly Plag Hamincha, or a few moments thereafter (which is certainly permissible), when should the wife, whose husband davens… Read more »
kiddush before maariv
Question: Is it OK to made/ hear Kiddush before Maariv, begin the seuda, then leave to daven Maariv and then come back to finish the seuda? I understand that the… Read more »
late havdalah
Question: Yom Tov falls on Sunday night. Just before one is about to make Kiddush, one reminds himself that he forgot to make Havdalah on Saturday night. What should he… Read more »
Maaseh shabbos
Question: Is one permitted to eat, after Shabbos, food purchased on Shabbos by a non-religious family member? Is it necessary to wait the amount of time it took to buy… Read more »
Appraiser on Shabbos
Question: I am in the process of buying a house, the mortgage broker told me that the appraiser is going to appraise the house on Shabbos and said that he… Read more »
laundering on shabbos
Question: When washing hands on Shabbos, does one have to be careful that no water should get on his clothing/sleeves, due to the prohibition of laundering? Answer: Not a problem… Read more »
Plag hamincha
Question: Is it permissible to daven Maariv/ make Kiddush on Friday after the Plag of the Alter Rebbe/ Baal HaTanya, even though it is before the plag of the Magen… Read more »
warming up frozen challah
Question: I know one is allowed to warm up frozen challah on the cover of a pot on the blech. But is one allowed to cover the challah partially while… Read more »
Can a travel agent sell airline tickets to a Jew to fly on Shabbos?
Question: This is about a travel agent sells air tickets to anyone, in the United States. 10% to 15% of his clients are Jews, and not always is the travel… Read more »
Playing ball on shabbos
Question: Is it ossur (forbidden) for children to play ball on Shabbos? Answer: Children can play with a ball on Shabbos. Sources: O:CH 308:45 Ramoh Mishnah Berurah 158.
Shabbat
Question: I have a digestive condition whereby I am not allowed to eat within 4 hours of going to bed. If I don’t adhere to this now, I will end… Read more »
Touching foggy window on shabbos
Question: It is known that we are forbidden to write (with our finger) on a window on Shabbos, etc. May, however, one touch the window, etc. or put his hand… Read more »
Battery operated hearing aid on Shabbat
Question: I am hard of hearing in one ear, Can I wear a battery operated hearing aid on Shabbat and Yom Tov? Answer: Once upon a time there were certain… Read more »