There are different opinions how to calculate this. The common custom is to follow 42 minutes in NY. Otherwise, it’s several minutes, specifically 4 minutes, after the sun sets…
There are different opinions how to calculate this. The common custom is to follow 42 minutes in NY. Otherwise, it’s several minutes, specifically 4 minutes, after the sun sets…
להגנה מותר. מקורות: ה״ז דומה לוויטמינים שהאג"מ או"ח ג, נד, וציץ אליעזר יד, נ, ועוד מתירים אם לוקחים אותם רק להגנה ולא להתחזק (ודלא כשש"כ לד הע׳ פה…
We have an outside washing station. However, the outside sink gets its water from a hose, and drains directly outside. My concern is the watering of plants. It's definitely…
Can a photo be taken while we are lighting but before the Bracha is over? I was planning to light about a half hour early to make sure there…
1) When needing to call a taxi to go to the hospital, is a shinui of the left hand suffice? Along those lines when there is no cut toilet…
שאלה: כתוב בספר פניני הלכה: "לצורך מצוות עונג שבת וכדי להסיר צער גדול, מותר לבקש מהגוי להדליק את המזגן. אלא שהואיל ויש סוברים שהדלקת מזגן אסורה מהתורה (לעיל יז,…
There is a machlokes in a case where the door frame goes over house or a car. Even in such a case there is room to be lenient. If…
Article: Cleaning Help on Shabbos: On a previous occasion we learned that it is forbidden to have a non-Jew do work for us on Shabbos. However, there are things that…
No, unless you use it a little on Shabbos. שמירת שבת כהלכתה פרק כ''ח סע''ד והערה קע''ג. #11007
If the tray is used and designated only for the Liechter then it is forbidden to move the tray even if you put a Sefer etc. However, you can…
The Rebbe asked this question several times but left it unresolved. At times, the Rebbe “tilted” towards one direction, sometimes to say it only once and sometimes twice, but…
I heard that we cannot use the hot drinking water that was used during Shabbos, again after Shabbos, and after Shabbos we need to use fresh water. I didnt…
If you missed lighting Shabbos candles one week, you should light one extra candle at least one time. Sources: באופן שכבר הדליקו בבית נרות ממש, כיון שאינה מחוייבת…
Yes, Shofar will be blown in the Beis Hamikdash Hashlishi (in Yavneh) or in any place with a Sanhedrin. From some sources it seems that it will be blown…
It doesn't do anything on Shabbos, as I would not be saying her name. (It only "wakes up" when you say the wake-up word, namely "alexa". Otherwise it doesn't…
If you would not walk in the house without these supports, then you may go out with these. Sources: והרי גם בכסא גלגלים יש מקילים. וכש״כ בזה שאינו…
It seems to say in Shulchan Aruch (288:9) that one may not say mi shebeirach for sick people on Shabbos unless seriously ill? Should I stop saying mi shebeirach…
I do not like to cook soup or Cholent on summer Shabbosos and neither eating them because it makes me hot and I do not get pleasure to eat…
Avocado: When it is hard one should not mash it, but one may slice into slightly large pieces, or mash it with a shinui, but only right before eating.…
The common use of any putty involves the Melacha of Memachek (smearing), thus rendering it Muktzah. Sources: ראה שו"ע אדה"ז שיד, כא. שו"ת שבה"ל ח"ט סימן עח. שולחן…
