Building the Sukkah on Motzei Yom Kippur: Motzei Yom Kippur:[1] On Motzei Yom Kippur one begins building the Sukkah, [or at least talking about building it[2]], in order to leave one Mitzvah and enter to another Mitzvah. To build the Sukkah the day after Yom Kippur:[3] It is a Mitzvah […]
May one build his Sukkah on Erev Sukkos or on Erev Shabbos before Sukkos
May one build his Sukkah on Erev Sukkos or on Erev Shabbos before Sukkos?[1] Until midday: It is permitted even initially to build the Sukkah on Erev Shabbos, or Erev Sukkos, up until midday. Past midday-before Mincha Ketana: Some Poskim[2] rule that one may only build his Sukkah up until […]
Building the Sukkah on Yom Tov and Chol Hamoed
Building the Sukkah on Yom Tov and Chol Hamoed:[1] It is forbidden to build a Sukkah on Shabbos and Yom Tov due to the Biblical building prohibition. Building a Sukkah on Chol Hamoed:[2] One who did not build a Sukkah before the Holiday is to build his Sukkah on Chol […]
If on Shabbos or Yom Tov the walls blew off due to wind and invalidated the Sukkah, may it be replaced
If on Shabbos or Yom Tov the walls blew off due to wind and invalidated the Sukkah, may it be replaced? No.[1] It is likewise forbidden to ask a gentile to do so on one’s behalf.[2] If however, three walls still remain standing and thus the Sukkah remains valid, then […]
May a gentile build the Sukkah
May a gentile build the Sukkah? Walls: A gentile may help build the walls of the Sukkah.[1] However some[2] write a gentile should not build even the walls of the Sukkah. Sechach: A gentile is not initially to place the Sechach on the Sukkah.[3] If he already did so, the […]
Should one personally build the Sukkah versus having someone else do so for him
Should one personally build the Sukkah versus having someone else do so for him?[1] It is proper for one to personally place the Sechach onto the Sukkah [and help build the walls[2]] rather than have another person do so for him.[3] If for whatever reason a person cannot personally put […]
Halachic Hazards Encyclopedia Letter M
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here on Amazon Letter M Machlokes:[1] [Kabbalah/Achronim] One who continues a conflict is placed in excommunication.[2] A home that contains Machlokes, hosts the Satan in their home.[3] Such a home will eventually become destroyed.[4] Machlokes brings one to poverty and other suffering to […]
Halachic Hazards Encyclopedia Letter L
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here on Amazon Letter L Ladders-An unstable ladder:[1] [Shulchan Aruch/Shulchan Aruch Harav/Achronim] It is [Biblically[2]] forbidden for one to allow an unstable ladder to remain in one’s house and yard [due to the potential danger that it poses to one who may unknowingly […]
Halachic Hazards Encyclopedia Letter H
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here on Amazon Letter H Hair: A. Combing dry hair:[1] [Talmud/Shulchan Aruch Harav/Achronim] One who combs his head [while] dry enters blindness to his eyesight. B. Getting a haircut from a Gentile:[2] [Shulchan Aruch/Kabbalah/Achronim] One is not to get a haircut from a […]
Halachic Hazards Encyclopedia Letter G
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here on Amazon Letter G G-d’s Name: [Achronim] A. Picturing the name of Hashem in one’s mind:[1] It is written in the name of the Arizal that one should accustom himself to vision the letters of the name of Hashem [Yud Kei Vav […]
