This article is taken from our Sefer Buy Me Here Salting salad on Shabbos:[1] All foods which salt helps to change its natural state[2], [such as] to soften[3] it, or harden[4] it, or remove its bitterness, and other [changes] of the like, which includes all foods which are commonly pickled, […]
The names of the Jewish months
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The names of the month:[1] The origin: The Yerushalmi[2] states that the names of the Hebrew months, Nissan, Iyar, Sivan etc, were brought down from Bavel, during the first exile [approximately in the 3200’s or 500 BC]. This teaches […]
The names of the Jewish months
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The names of the month:[1] The origin: The Yerushalmi[2] states that the names of the Hebrew months, Nissan, Iyar, Sivan etc, were brought down from Bavel, during the first exile [approximately in the 3200’s or 500 BC]. This teaches […]
Chapter 28: The Yartzite
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here or on Amazon.com Chapter 28: The Yartzite[1] Introduction: The day of the passing of the Niftar is customarily commemorated annually by the relatives, family and friends of the deceased.[2] It is called a Yahrzeit in Yiddish, which literally means […]
Making a form of the human body in drawing or sculpture
Making a form of the human body in drawing or sculpture:[1] It is forbidden to form a sculpture of the human body.[2] It is forbidden to make it even for purposes of mere beauty and decoration.[3] The prohibited form-Sculpture and protruding engraving versus drawing and internal engraving of above items:[4] […]
Writing, messaging, Whatsapping, during Davening
Writing, text messaging, Whatsapping, during Davening:\ Introduction: It is forbidden to talk during Davening, once one has begun Baruch Sheamar, until after Shemoneh Esrei.[1] The question is asked regarding the status of writing, and if it is likewise forbidden to write, or send text messages, during Davening, just as it […]
Shulchan Aruch Chapter 242
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Tehillim on Shabbos Mevarchim-Background and Halachic details and related customs
Tehillim Shabbos Mevarchim:[1] The Rebbe Rayatz instituted that the entire Tehillim be recited prior to Shacharis[2] on Shabbos Mevarchim.[3] Following the Seder of Shabbos Mevarchim is extremely pertinent to the public, and is a great and lofty Mitzvah which brings an abundance of blessing in physical and spiritual matters.[4] The […]
Shulchan Aruch Chapter 2
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Taking a gentile to a secular court
May one take a gentile to a secular court? The Biblical prohibition against going to secular courts applies even against taking a gentile to a secular court, and one who does so transgresses a negative command.[1] This applies even if the secular courts rule the same way as the Beis […]
