This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Chapter 3: The Laws of Erasing General rule: Whenever something is forbidden to be written on Shabbos, as explained in the previous chapter, it is likewise forbidden to be erased unless stated otherwise[1]. Refer to the previous chapter for […]
2. Preparing matters from before shabbos
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 2. Preparing matters from before Shabbos:[1] It is proper to beware that when the 9th month arrives one prepares all [the matters that would require desecration in the event she was to give birth on Shabbos] from before Shabbos […]
The laws of writing
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Writing letters, symbols, marks, pictures 1. The Av Melacha[1] To write or erase with intent to write: One who writes[2], and erases in order to write in the erased area, has performed one of the primary Melachas. [This is […]
1. Desecrating Shabbos on behalf of a Yoledes
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 […]
