Placing kernels in water on Shabbos:[1] One who soaks wheat or barley and the like in water in order for it to grow is liable for the planting prohibition.[2] This applies even if one soaks only a single kernel. For this reason it is forbidden to place kernels in water […]
6. Illnesses which require a Doctors evaluation
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 6. Illnesses which require a Doctors evaluation:[1] Introduction: All ailments which are not listed above [Halacha 4] as being life threatening require evaluation to determine their lethalness. The laws dealing with this evaluation and conflicting opinions will be discussed […]
Throwing seeds
Throwing seeds and pits onto the ground:[1] One is to beware from throwing seeds in an area where it rains[2] [or in an area that the earth is wet[3]] and can eventually cause the seed to grow. It is however permitted to throw them in an area that the seeds […]
5. Cases that are defined as life threatening situations
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 5. Cases that are defined as life threatening situations: A. A wound in an inner limb is assumed to be deadly unless known otherwise: The definition of an inner limb:[1] Any internal wound, which includes all wounds in limbs […]
Picking fruits
Picking fruits from a branch which has fallen:[1] One may pick fruits off from a branch which has fallen from before Shabbos [and has become completely detached from the tree[2]]. If the branch fell on Shabbos it remains forbidden to pick fruit from it. Picking leaves from a fallen branch:[3] […]
4. Which treatments may be done?
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 4. Which treatments may be done? A. Must use a known treatment or one prescribed by a medical expert:[1] Even if there is a definite danger one may only transgress Shabbos for medical treatment that is known to all […]
Garden produce
Removing garden produce that is insulated within earth:[1] One who insulated vegetables or herbs within earth before Shabbos may remove them on Shabbos so long as they have not yet become rooted into the ground.[2] If the vegetable contains a leaf which is sticking out from the earth one may […]
3. Who should do the desecration of Shabbos for the ill person-Jew, Gentile, Man, Woman, Child?
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 3. Who should do the desecration of Shabbos for the ill person-Jew, Gentile, Man, Woman, Child?[1] A. First Opinion:[2] Must desecration of Shabbos be done by an available gentile or child rather than an adult Jew? [Despite the ruling […]
Pod plants
Laws relating to Pod Plants: Removing growths or seeds from a pod plant: It is forbidden to uproot any seeds or growth from a pod plant even if the pod contains no breathing holes, and is placed in one’s attic.[1] Moving a pod plant from one place to another:[2] It […]
1. The obligation to help save someone’s life even if it involves desecrating Shabbos
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Introduction: The following chapter will discuss the laws of treating illnesses on Shabbos. Healing on Shabbos is in it of itself a Rabbinical prohibition even when done without any other Shabbos transgressions. At times healing is allowed even when […]