General Q&A

May one gather eggs from a chicken coop on Shabbos? [1] It is forbidden to be done even if the eggs were laid before Shabbos and are not Muktzah as gathering items that do not grow from the ground.[2] However if delaying their gathering will cause a great loss one […]

Gathering Papers

May one gather non-Muktzah papers which have scattered on the floor? [1] According to some opinions if it is troublesome to gather them then this would have the same restrictions as do fruits and may thus only be gathered a little at a time and may not be entered into […]

Gathering Fuit

Gathering scattered fruits:  A. From under the tree which they grew on:[1] One who gathers fruits and joins them together in the area where they fell off the tree [has transgressed the Meameir prohibition].   B. From an area which they have not grown in:[2] Gathering fruits which scattered in […]

The laws of Meameir

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here The laws of Meameir Gathering Scattered items on Shabbos 1. The Av Melacha:[1] The action of Meameir [gathering stalks] is one of the principal Shabbos prohibitions which occurred in the Tabernacle with the planted herbs.   2. The Biblical […]

6. Setting up dividers [makeshift walls]

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 6. Setting up dividers [makeshift walls] on Shabbos: A. The prohibition to make a permanent divider:[1] All the below [to be mentioned allowances in putting up dividers] is only with regards to temporary dividers, however a permanent divider is […]

4. Dismantling a roofing on Shabbos

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 4. Dismantling a roofing on Shabbos: The rule:[1] Any tent which is allowed to be mantled and [thus] does not involve [the] building [prohibition], then it likewise does not involve [the] destroying [prohibition] and is [thus] permitted to be […]

3. Mantling a tented roofing on Shabbos

This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here 3. Mantling a tented roofing on Shabbos:[1] A. The law:[2] Biblical-If it has a handbreadths width on its top:[3] [Regarding] a tent which is angled, if it has on its top a consecutive[4] roof the width of one handbreadth […]