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Do hands specifically need to be dried with a towel or napkin or can they be air dried (using a machine)?

It should ideally be dried with a towel or napkin. However where this is not possible one may use such a machine if washing with a full Reviis for…

I have a blanket that has 4 corners. May I use it? Is there a difference between the day and night? What about wrapping myself with a four cornered towel?

For a blanket that is sometimes used by day, you should make one corner round. There is no need to put Tzitzis on a towel even if one is…

May I put frozen things on me such as frozen bags of vegetables and the like on Shabbos as they might melt from my body heat? If the answer is yes, may I cool my self off with these packets of frozen milk knowing and benefiting from the fact that they will melt? If neither of these are acceptable may I use a cold cloth placed in the freezer?

1) One may handle ice packs to cool off with, since only a small amount of water is melted, there is no intention of melting them and the melted water…

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