3. Smearing fat and oil

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 3. Smearing fat and oil: Smearing oil:[1] It is permitted to smear [oil] [See “The Laws of Smearing Oil” regarding using scented oils] with ones hand over ones entire body for pleasure. [Thus, doing so does not contain the […]

1. The General Law

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 1. The general law:[1] One who smears a poultice[2], which means that he smoothes and levels the grooves that are in it, as well as one who smears wax or tar and anything of the like which is a […]

Introduction to Shehiyah

In certain circumstances the Sages forbade leaving food on a fire from before Shabbos, out of fear that one may come to increase the flame on Shabbos in order to quicken the cooking of the food. The Rabbinical restriction only applies in specific scenarios. It depends on: The type of […]

Lice

Removing lice from skins:[1] One may not remove lice from the skins of fox and the like being that [in the process] one removes hair from the skin which contains the sheering prohibition, and although it is done unintentionally, nevertheless it is an inevitable occurrence [and is thus forbidden].   […]

Scabs

Removing scabs:[1] One may remove the scab of a wound [with ones hands[2]]. [However this may only be done if it will not cause blood to be extracted.[3]] Final stage of the wound: Even in the final stage of the wound, which is defined as when it has already healed […]