This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 1. Desecrating Shabbos on behalf of a Yoledes: [1] Like a dangerously ill person: A Yoledes [see exact Halachic definition in Halacha 3] is [considered] like a dangerously ill person and one [thus] is to desecrate Shabbos on her […]
8. Weaving and unraveling ropes and wicks
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 8. Weaving and unraveling ropes and wicks:[1] Biblically: One who weaves ropes of any type of material is liable for [the] tying [prohibition]. The amount [needed to be tied] to be Biblically liable is to the point that the […]
7. Cutting a knot
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 7. Cutting a knot:[1] Cutting the sewing and knot of the tailor: Even if a collar had already been opened [after being made] but a professional [tailor] returned and sewed [the two sides of the collar] together in the […]
Tying a scarf or tichel
May one tie a scarf around his neck, or a tichel on ones hair? It is best to do so with a bow over a knot. However there are Poskim[1] which allow one to make even a double knot as long as the double knot is not tight. Other Poskim[2] […]
Tying a gartel to a sefer torah
May one tie a Gartel to a Sefer Torah? Some Poskim[1] rule that when it is done in a way that one makes a bow over a knot then it may only be done to undo that day, such as to undo by Mincha. If however one will not be […]
Practical Q&A
May one ask a gentile to untie a temporary knot in a time of need? Even if the knot is meant to last for more than 7 days, it is allowed to be done.[1] However it requires further analysis if this applies even according to Admur/Taz[2]. May one make […]
9. Sucking the milk from an animal
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 9. Sucking the milk from an animal:[1] As a cure for heart pain: One who is moaning from heart pain of which his treatment is to suckle with his mouth from [the breast of] an animal, is permitted to […]
An amateur knot
When making an amateur knot must one have in mind to undo it within 24 hours?[1] If the knot is a type of knot which is at times opened within 24 hours, and certainly if it is meant to constantly be opened, then there is no need for one to […]
A professional knot
What is considered a professionally made knot?[1] Any strong knot which is tightly tied there is doubt that perhaps it is considered a professional knot. Double knots: Therefore [strong] double knots are forbidden to be tied or untied unless in a case of pain when made to not last 24 […]
8. Pumping and squeezing breast milk on Shabbos
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 8. Pumping and squeezing breast milk on Shabbos:[1] Into a cup and the like: A woman may not squeeze milk from her breasts into a cup or into a pot in order to nurse [the milk] to her child. […]
